JavaScript RegExp \t Metacharacter
Example
Search for a tab character in a string:
let text = "Visit W3Schools.\tLearn Javascript.";
let pattern = /\t/;
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Definition and Usage
The \t metacharacter matches horizontal tabs (tabulators).
Browser Support
/\t/ is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.
ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("\\t")
or simply:
/\t/
Regular Expression Search Methods
In JavaScript, a regular expression text search, can be done with different methods.
With a pattern as a regular expression, these are the most common methods:
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
| text.match(pattern) | The String method match() |
| text.search(pattern) | The String method search() |
| pattern.exec(text) | The RexExp method exec() |
| pattern.test(text) | The RegExp method test() |
