JavaScript RegExp \n Metacharacter
Example
Search for a newline character in a string:
var str = "Visit subhodaya.\nLearn Javascript.";
var patt1 = /\n/;
var patt1 = /\n/;
The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:
Visit subhodaya.\nLearn Javascript.
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Definition and Usage
The \n character is used to find a newline character.
\n returns the position where the newline character was found. If no match is found, it returns -1.
Browser Support
| Expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \n | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("\\n")
or simply:
/\n/
or simply:
/\n/
JavaScript RegExp Object
