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JavaScript RegExp \D Metacharacter


Example

A global search for non-digit characters:

let text = "Give 100%!";
let pattern = /\D/g;
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Description

The \D metacharacter matches non-digit characters.

Browser Support

/\D/ is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:

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Syntax

new RegExp("\\D")

or simply:

/\D/

Syntax with modifiers

new RegExp("\\D", "g")

or simply:

/\D/g

Regular Expression Search Methods

In JavaScript, a regular expression text search, can be done with different methods.

With a pattern as a regular expression, these are the most common methods:

Example Description
text.match(pattern) The String method match()
text.search(pattern) The String method search()
pattern.exec(text) The RexExp method exec()
pattern.test(text) The RegExp method test()