The RegExp.$` property represents the substring preceding the most recent pattern match.
This is the same as using the leftContext property.
<html> <body> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- pat = /is*/g; var str = "This is a test."; myArray = pat.exec(str); document.write("In the string: " + "<b>"); document.write("I know where the fish is tonight" + "</b><br><br>"); document.write("The RegExp.leftContext is: " + RegExp.leftContext); --> </script> </body> </html>
26.7.RegExp Object | ||||
26.7.1. | RegExp() | |||
26.7.2. | RegExp,$* (1) | |||
26.7.3. | RegExp.$& (2) | |||
26.7.4. | RegExp,$_ (3) | |||
26.7.5. | RegExp.$` (4) | |||
26.7.6. | RegExp.$' (5) | |||
26.7.7. | RegExp.$+ (6) | |||
26.7.8. | RegExp.$1,$2,..$9 | |||
26.7.9. | RegExp.compile() | |||
26.7.10. | RegExp.exec() | |||
26.7.11. | RegExp.global | |||
26.7.12. | RegExp.ignoreCase | |||
26.7.13. | RegExp.input | |||
26.7.14. | RegExp.lastIndex | |||
26.7.15. | RegExp.lastMatch | |||
26.7.16. | RegExp.lastParen | |||
26.7.17. | RegExp.leftContext | |||
26.7.18. | RegExp.multiline | |||
26.7.19. | RegExp.rightContext | |||
26.7.20. | RegExp.source | |||
26.7.21. | RegExp.test() |