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The RegExp \xdd Metacharacter in JavaScript is used to find the character specified by a hexadecimal number dd. If the match is found it returns the character else it returns NULL.

Syntax:

/\xdd/ 

or

new RegExp("\\xdd")

Syntax with modifiers:

/\xdd/g 

or

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

Example 1: This example matches the word corresponding to hexadecimal number 47 i.e G in the whole string.




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        JavaScript RegExp \xdd Metacharacter
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center">
      
    <h1 style="color:green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
      
    <h2>RegExp \xdd 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 = /\x47/gi;
            var match4 = str1.match(regex4);
  
            document.getElementById("app").innerHTML
                    = "Found " + match4.length
                    + " match: " + match4;
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>                    


Output:
Before Clicking the button:
hexax
After Clicking the button:
hexax

Example 2: This example matches the hexadecimal number (67) which corresponds to “g” and replaces it with “G”.




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        JavaScript RegExp \xdd Metacharacter
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center">
      
    <h1 style="color:green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
      
    <h2>RegExp \xdd Metacharacter</h2>
      
    <p>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("\\x67", "gi");         
            var replace = "G";
            var match4 = str1.replace(regex4, replace);
            document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = 
                    " New string: " + match4;
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>                    


Output:
Before Clicking the button:
hexax
After Clicking the button:
hexax

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

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


Last Updated : 22 Apr, 2019
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