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Chapter 2. Using Regular Expressions > Finding and Highlighting All Instances o...
recipe 2.5. Finding and Highlighting All Instances of a Pattern
2.5.1. Problem
You want to find all instances of a pattern within a string.
2.5.2. Solution
Use the RegExp exec method and the global flag (g) in a loop to locate all instances of a pattern, such as any word that begins with t and ends with e, with any number of characters in between:
