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RegExp.prototype.hasIndices

The hasIndices accessor property of RegExp instances returns whether or not the d flag is used with this regular expression.

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Description

RegExp.prototype.hasIndices has the value true if the d flag was used; otherwise, false. The d flag indicates that the result of a regular expression match should contain the start and end indices of the substrings of each capture group. It does not change the regex's interpretation or matching behavior in any way, but only provides additional information in the matching result.

This flag primarily affects the return value of exec(). If the d flag is present, the array returned by exec() has an additional indices property as described in the exec() method's return value. Because all other regex-related methods (such as String.prototype.match()) call exec() internally, they will also return the indices if the regex has the d flag.

The set accessor of hasIndices is undefined. You cannot change this property directly.

Examples

There's a more detailed usage example at Groups and backreferences > Using groups and match indices.

Using hasIndices

const str1 = "foo bar foo";

const regex1 = /foo/dg;

console.log(regex1.hasIndices); // true

console.log(regex1.exec(str1).indices[0]); // [0, 3]
console.log(regex1.exec(str1).indices[0]); // [8, 11]

const str2 = "foo bar foo";

const regex2 = /foo/;

console.log(regex2.hasIndices); // false

console.log(regex2.exec(str2).indices); // undefined

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-get-regexp.prototype.hasIndices

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile						Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	Deno	Node.js
`hasIndices`	90	90	88	76	15	90	88	64	15	15.0	90	1.8	16.0.0