Microsoft® JScript™ source Property | Language Reference Version 3

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##### Description

> Contains the text of the regular expression pattern. Read-only.

##### Syntax

> rgexp.source

> The rgexp argument is a Regular expression object. It can be a variable name or a literal.

> The following example illustrates the use of the source property:

> >     function SourceDemo(re, s)
> >     {
> >       var s1;
> >       // Test string for existence of regular expression.
> >       if (re.test(s))
> >         s1 = " contains ";
> >       else
> >         s1 = " does not contain ";
> >       // Get the text of the regular expression itself.
> >       return(s + s1 + re.source);
> >     }

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