JavaScript RegExp * Quantifier

A global search for an "l", followed by zero or more "o" characters:

let text = "Hellooo World! Hello 91xjr!";
let pattern = /lo*/g;

Description

The n* quantifier matches any string that contains zero or more occurrences of n.

A global search for a "1", followed by zero or more "0" characters:

let text = "1, 100 or 1000?";
let pattern = /10*/g;

/n*/ is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

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


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

new RegExp(" n*")

or simply:

/ n*/

new RegExp(" n*", "g")

or simply:

/ n*/g