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RegExp.prototype.unicode

The unicode accessor property indicates whether or not the u flag is used with the regular expression.

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Description

RegExp.prototype.unicode has the value 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 (\u{xxxx}, \p{UnicodePropertyValue}) will be interpreted as such instead of as literal characters.
  • Surrogate pairs will be interpreted as whole characters instead of two separate characters. For example, /[😄]/u would only match "😄" but not "\ud83d".
  • When lastIndex is automatically advanced (such as when calling exec()), unicode regexes advance by Unicode code points instead of UTF-16 code units.

There are other changes to the parsing behavior that prevent possible syntax mistakes (which are analogous to strict mode for regex syntax). This is explained in more detail in Using Unicode regular expressions.

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

Examples

Using the unicode property

const regex = /\u{61}/u;

console.log(regex.unicode); // true

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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unicode
50
12
Case folding is implemented in version 13
46
No
37
10
50
50
46
37
10
5.0
1.0
6.0.0
Case folding is implemented in version 8.6.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/unicode