JavaScript and regular expressions: literal syntax Vs. RegExp object

Question

I have some troubles with this small JavaScript code:

var text=\"Z Test Yeah ! Z\";

// With literal syntax, it returns tr         


        

Answer 1

You need to double escape \ characters in string literals, which is why the regex literal is typically preferred.

Try:

'Z[\\s\\S]*?Z'

Answer 2

I think it's because you have to escape your backslashes, even when using single quotes. Try this:

new RegExp('Z[\\s\\S]*?Z','g')