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<title>String.match</title>
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var out;
function main() {
out = document.getElementById('out');
var s = "foo 42 bar 19 baz 38 xyz";
var m = s.match(/\d+/g);
m.map(function(x) {
out.innerHTML += x + "<br>";
// 42
// 19
// 38
});
}
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Compare with <a href='../RegExp/exec.html'>RegExp.exec</a>.
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search() returns the (first) position of the matched string.