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Symbol.matchAll

The Symbol.matchAll static data property represents the well-known symbol @@matchAll. The String.prototype.matchAll() method looks up this symbol on its first argument for the method that returns an iterator, that yields matches of the current object against a string.

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

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Value

The well-known symbol @@matchAll.

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)));
// ["2016", "01", "02", "2019", "03", "07"]

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-symbol.matchall

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
`matchAll`	73	79	67	60	13	73	67	52	13	11.0	73	1.0	12.0.0