why does my javascript regex.test() give alternating results
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> Javascript regex returning true.. then false.. then true.. etc
var r = /\d/g;
var a = r.test("1"); // will be true
var b = r.test("1"); // will be false
console.log(a == b); // will be false
Please explain to me why the result of r.test("1")
alternates with each call?
I was able to work around the issue I was having by removing the g modifier. However I would still like to understand why this happens.
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
When you're using /g
, the regex object will save state between calls (since you should be using it to match over multiple calls). It matches once, but subsequent calls start from after the original match.
(This is a duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2630418/)