The RegExp \D Metacharacter in JavaScript is used to search non-digit characters i.e all the characters except digits. It is the same as [^0-9].
Syntax:
/\D/
or
new RegExp("\\D")
Syntax with modifiers:
/\D/g
or
new RegExp("\\D", "g")
Example 1: This example searches the non-digit characters in the whole string.
Javascript
function geek() { let str1 = "neveropen@_123_$"; let regex4 = /\D/g; let match4 = str1.match(regex4); console.log("Found " + match4.length + " matches: " + match4);}geek() |
Output
Found 17 matches: G,e,e,k,s,f,o,r,G,e,e,k,s,@,_,_,$
Example 2: This example searches the non digit characters in the string.
Javascript
function geek() { let str1 = "Geeky@128"; let regex4 = new RegExp("\\D", "g"); let match4 = str1.match(regex4); console.log("Found " + match4.length + " matches: " + match4);}geek() |
Output
Found 6 matches: G,e,e,k,y,@
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by RegExp \D 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.
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