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Symbol.matchAll

The Symbol.matchAll well-known symbol specifies the method that returns an iterator, that yields matches of the regular expression against a string. This function is called by the String.prototype.matchAll() method.

For more information, see RegExp.prototype[@@matchAll]() and String.prototype.matchAll().

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Property attributes of `Symbol.matchAll`
Writable	no
Enumerable	no
Configurable	no

Examples

Using Symbol.matchAll

const str = '2016-01-02|2019-03-07';

const numbers = {
  *[Symbol.matchAll](str) {
    for (const n of str.matchAll(/[0-9]+/g))
      yield n[0];
  }
};

console.log(Array.from(str.matchAll(numbers)));
//  Array ["2016", "01", "02", "2019", "03", "07"]

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-symbol.matchall

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile						Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	Deno	Node.js
`matchAll`	73	79	67	No	60	13	73	73	67	52	13	11.0	1.0	12.0.0