test

Test if a string matches a given regular expression and return true or false.

This function does not generate an event.

Function

regex.test(string)

Arguments

Return value

true if there is a match between the string and the regular expression, otherwise false.

Example

Examples using test():

// The first regex is case sensitive, the second is case insensitive
[
    regex("^hello").test('Hello world!!'),
    regex("^hello", "i").test('Hello world!!'),
];

Return value in JSON format

[
    false,
    true
]