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RegExp.$& (2)

The RegExp.$& property represents the last matched characters.

This is the same as using the lastMatch property.



<html>
    <body>
    <script language="JavaScript">
    <!--

    var pat = new RegExp("test", "gi");
    str = "This is a test 123435";
    myArray = pat.exec(str);

    document.write("Pattern found: " + myArray[0] + ". the last match expression is: " + RegExp.lastMatch);

    -->
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>