Question

Is there a way to retrieve regular expression object that contains the start position of the match, end position, total length etc.?

Or at least something like String.search(/pattern/), but with more than one result.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Exec is what you’re looking for I’d say.

Edit:

for example (and using the code from the linked page):

var re = /d(b+)(d)/ig;  
var result = re.exec("cdbBdbsbz"); 

• result.index is the start position
• re.lastIndex is the end position
• result[0].length is the total length