The unicode
property indicates whether or not the "u
" flag is used with a regular expression. unicode
is a read-only property of an individual regular expression instance.
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Property attributes of RegExp.prototype.unicode |
|
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Writable | no |
Enumerable | no |
Configurable | yes |
Description
The value of unicode
is a Boolean
and true
if the "u
" flag was used; otherwise false
. The "u
" flag enables various Unicode-related features. With the "u" flag, any Unicode code point escapes will be interpreted as such, for example.
You cannot change this property directly. It is read-only.
Examples
Using the unicode
property
var regex = new RegExp('\u{61}', 'u'); console.log(regex.unicode); // true
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript (ECMA-262) The definition of 'RegExp.prototype.unicode' in that specification. |
Browser compatibility
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unicode | Chrome Full support 50 | Edge
Full support
12
| Firefox Full support 46 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 37 | Safari Full support 10 | WebView Android Full support 50 | Chrome Android Full support 50 | Firefox Android Full support 46 | Opera Android Full support 37 | Safari iOS Full support 10 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0 | nodejs Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.