Closed Bug 1303603 Opened 8 years ago Closed 4 years ago

Clarify that RegExp.prototype.exec() returns a special array

Categories

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: JavaScript, defect)

Product:
Developer Documentation Graveyard
Component:
JavaScript
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: sebo, Unassigned)

Details

According to the spec.[1] RegExp.prototype.exec() returns an array of the match and the captured groups. This array gets two properties appended, which are called 'index' and 'input'.

Those two properties are not mentioned on MDN yet, so they need to be added.

Sebastian

[1] http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-regexpbuiltinexec
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Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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