Javascript Matching - case-insensitive [duplicate]

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Case insensitive regex in javascript

Values could be:

- Mike liam

- Joe mike

- Mondal mike effron

I want to mach every value contains 'mike' - case-insensitive

So, I tried:

var x = "mike";
if(valeu.match(new RegExp(x, "g"))
alert('success');

but that didn't work. any ideas ?

Cameron · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-16 06:02:27Z

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You want the i flag (for "insensitive"):

if(valeu.match(new RegExp(x, "ig"))
                         -----^-----

answered Dec 16, 2012 at 6:02

Cameron

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