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JavaScript RegExp exec() Method - GeeksforGeeks

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The RegExp.exec() method in JavaScript allows you to search for a pattern in a string and retrieve detailed information about the match. Unlike simple methods like test(), exec() returns not just a boolean, but an array containing the entire match, capturing groups, the position of the match, and more.

let regex = /(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})/;
let s = "Today's date is 12-09-2023.";

let res = regex.exec(s);

if (res) {
    console.log("Full match:", res[0]);
    console.log("Day:", res[1]);
    console.log("Month:", res[2]);
    console.log("Year:", res[3]);
} else {
    console.log("No match found.");
}

Full match: 12-09-2023
Day: 12
Month: 09
Year: 2023

• Regular Expression: /(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})/ matches a date in the format dd-mm-yyyy. The parentheses () are used to capture groups.
• exec() method: Searches the string for the pattern and returns an array with detailed match information:
• res[0]: The full matched string.
• res[1], res[2], res[3]: The captured groups (day, month, and year).
• If no match is found, exec() returns null.

Syntax:

let result = regex.exec(string);

• regex: The regular expression to search for in the string.
• string: The string to search within.
• result: An array of match details if a match is found, or null if no match is found.

Now let's see some uses of RegExp exec() Method

Let’s use exec() to extract the domain from an email address:

let regex = /@([a-zA-Z0-9.-]+)/;
let mail = "user@example.com";

let res = regex.exec(mail);

if (res) {
    console.log("Domain:", res[1]);
} else {
    console.log("No domain found.");
}

Domain: example.com

You can use exec() with the global flag (g) to find all occurrences of digits in a string

let regex = /\d+/g;
let s = "I have 2 apples and 15 bananas.";

let res;
while ((res = regex.exec(s)) !== null) {
    console.log("Found:", res[0], "at position:", res.index);
}

Found: 2 at position: 7
Found: 15 at position: 20

• Detailed Match Information: exec() provides detailed information about the match, including the matched string, capture groups, the match's index in the input string, and the original input.
• Global Flag (g): When used with the g flag, exec() can find all matches in the string, returning results in a loop.
• Returns null on No Match: If no match is found, exec() returns null.

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