Symbol.matchAll
The Symbol.matchAll
static data property represents the well-known symbol specifying the method that returns an iterator, that yields matches of the regular expression against a string. This function is called by the String.prototype.matchAll()
method.
For more information, see RegExp.prototype[@@matchAll]()
and String.prototype.matchAll()
.
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Value
The well-known symbol @@matchAll
.
Property attributes of Symbol.matchAll |
|
---|---|
Writable | no |
Enumerable | no |
Configurable | no |
Examples
Using Symbol.matchAll
const str = "2016-01-02|2019-03-07";
const numbers = {
*[Symbol.matchAll](str) {
for (const n of str.matchAll(/[0-9]+/g)) yield n[0];
},
};
console.log(Array.from(str.matchAll(numbers)));
// ["2016", "01", "02", "2019", "03", "07"]
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-symbol.matchall |
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