JavaScript RegExp \S Metacharacter

The RegExp \S Metacharacter in JavaScript is used to find the non-whitespace characters. The whitespace character can be a space/tab/new line/vertical character. It is the same as [^\t\n\r].

Syntax:

/\S/ 

or

new RegExp("\\S")

Syntax with modifiers:

/\S/g 

or

new RegExp("\\S", "g")

Example 1: This example matches the non-whitespace characters. 

html

<h1 style="color:green">
    GeeksforGeeks
</h1>

<h2>RegExp \S Metacharacter</h2>

<p>
    Input String: GeeksforGeeks @ _123_ $
</p>

<button onclick="geek()">
    Click it!
</button>
<p id="app"></p>

<script>
    function geek() {
        var str1 = "GeeksforGeeks @ _123_ $";
        var regex4 = /\S/g;
        var match4 = str1.match(regex4);

        document.getElementById("app").innerHTML =
                "Found " + match4.length
                + " matches: " + match4;
    }
</script>

Output:

JavaScript RegExp \S Metacharacter

Example 2: This example matches the non-whitespace characters. 

html

<h1 style="color:green">
    GeeksforGeeks
</h1>

<h2>RegExp \S Metacharacter</h2>

<p>Input String: Geeky@128</p>

<button onclick="geek()">
    Click it!
</button>

<p id="app"></p>

<script>
    function geek() {
    var str1 = "Geeky@128";
        var regex4 = new RegExp("\\S", "g");

        var match4 = str1.match(regex4);

        document.getElementById("app").innerHTML =
                "Found " + match4.length
                + " matches: " + match4;
    }
</script>

Output:

JavaScript RegExp \S Metacharacter

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by RegExp \S Metacharacter are listed below:

• Google Chrome
• Apple Safari
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Internet Explorer

We have a complete list of Javascript RegExp expressions, to check those please go through this JavaScript RegExp Complete Reference article.

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