The RegExp \S Metacharacter in JavaScript is used to find the non-whitespace characters. The whitespace character can be a space/tab/new line/vertical character. It is the same as [^\t\n\r].
Syntax:
/\S/
or
new RegExp("\\S")
Syntax with modifiers:
/\S/g
or
new RegExp("\\S", "g")
Example 1: This example matches the non-whitespace characters.
Javascript
function geek() { let str1 = "neveropen @ _123_ $"; let regex4 = /\S/g; let match4 = str1.match(regex4); console.log("Found " + match4.length + " matches: " + match4)}geek(); |
Found 20 matches: G,e,e,k,s,f,o,r,G,e,e,k,s,@,_,1,2,3,_,$
Example 2: This example matches the non-whitespace characters.
Javascript
function geek() { let str1 = "Geeky@128"; let regex4 = new RegExp("\\S", "g"); let match4 = str1.match(regex4); console.log("Found " + match4.length + " matches: " + match4)}geek(); |
Found 9 matches: G,e,e,k,y,@,1,2,8
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by RegExp \S Metacharacter are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Apple Safari
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Internet Explorer
We have a complete list of Javascript RegExp expressions, to check those please go through this JavaScript RegExp Complete Reference article.
We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.
