SoFunction
Updated on 2025-03-08

Regular expression\W metacharacter usage method

Regular expression\W metacharacter:
\W (caps) is used to match non-word characters, which is equivalent to "[^a-zA-Z0-9_]".

Syntax structure:

Constructor method:

new RegExp("\\W")

Direct Object Measurement Method:

/\W/

Browser support:
IE browser supports this metacharacter.
Firefox browser supports this metacharacter.
Google Chrome supports this metacharacter.

Example code:

Example 1:

var str="antzone<12>love"; 
var reg=new RegExp("\\W","g"); 
((reg))

The above code can match all characters except word characters.

Example 2:

var str="antzone<12>love"; 
var reg=/\W/g; 
((reg));

The above code can also be used to example example one effect.