match-updates-global-lastIndex.js

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/*

 * Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.

 * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/

*/

var BUGNUMBER = 501739;

var summary =

  "String.prototype.match should zero the .lastIndex when called with a " +

  "global RegExp";

print(BUGNUMBER + ": " + summary);

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 * BEGIN TEST *

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var s = '0x2x4x6x8';

var p = /x/g;

p.lastIndex = 3;

var arr = s.match(p);

assertEq(arr.length, 4);

arr.forEach(function(v) { assertEq(v, "x"); });

assertEq(p.lastIndex, 0);

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if (typeof reportCompare === "function")

  reportCompare(true, true);

print("Tests complete");