(I emailed this to the list last night, but it doesn't seem to have gone
through. Sorry if this becomes a dupe.)
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As far as I understand from ECMA-262 3rd Edition, the regexp.lastIndex
property is meaningless if a regexp does not use the /g modifier. Quoting
from E262v3 ยง15.10.6.2 (RegExp.pr
On Dec 24, 2007, at 8:44 AM, StevenLevithan wrote:
> (I emailed this to the list last night, but it doesn't seem to have
> gone
> through. Sorry if this becomes a dupe.)
(I don't see a moderator request based on your sending from a
different e-mail address -- I don't see a dup either.)
> Giv
>> 1. Does ES4's /y (sticky) modifier have any meaning if the /g (global)
>> modifier is not also set?
>
> Yes.
My question was very poorly worded. I was thinking along the lines of
behavior being affected by lastIndex (set manually or via the use of /g).
> The /y flag makes unanchored regexps m
