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Matching sequence of X to Y characters in JavaScript

How to match any string that contains a sequence of numbers X to Y from specified digits in a string in JavaScript?


By using d{X,Y} quantifier we can match any string that contains a sequence of numbers X to Y from specified digits in a string.

NOTE:

  • \d is the Metacharacter, which is used to find a digit.
  • {X,Y} is the input value and it must be a number.
<p>Click the below button to match a sequence of numbers from X to Y.</p>
<input type="button" value="Click" onclick="mySearch()" />
<p id="myId"></p>

<script>
    function mySearch() {
        var a = "525245, 45286012, 6215, 78452";
        var b = /\d{5,6}/g;
        var r = a.match(b);
        document.getElementById("myId").innerHTML = r;
    }
</script>

In the above code snippet we have given Id as "myId"to the second <p> element in the HTML code. There is a function mySearch() in the<script>block which is connected to the onclick of the HTML button and there is a string with value "525245, 45286012, 6215, 78452" to the variable awe need to match any string that contains a sequence of numbers X to Y, for that we are using d{X,Y} quantifier in variable b. var b = /\d{5,6}/g here \d is the metacharacter for finding a digit, {5,6} are the inputs of {X,Y}for matching a sequence of 5-digit to 6-digit numbers and g do the global search in a string, varaible r returns the matched sequence result. Onclick of the button "Click" in the HTML code fires the function mySearch() in the <script> block at the same time d{X,Y} quantifier matches any string that contains a sequence of X to Y (X=5 and Y=6) in a string with the help of global search g and gives the output.

OUTPUT

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