JavaScript RegExp \W Metacharacter
Example
Do a global search for non-word characters in a string:
var str = "Give 100%!";
var patt1 = /\W/g;
The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:
Give 100%!
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Definition and Usage
The \W metacharacter is used to find a non-word character.
A word character is a character from a-z, A-Z, 0-9, including the _ (underscore) character.
Browser Support
| Expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \W | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("\\W")
or simply:
/\W/
Syntax with modifiers
new RegExp("\\W","g")
or simply:
/\W/g
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