regExp.ignoreCase

The ignoreCase property indicates whether or not the "i" flag is used with the regular expression. ignoreCase is a read-only property of an individual regular expression instance.

Description

The value of ignoreCase is a Boolean and true if the "i" flag was used; otherwise, false. The "i" flag indicates that case should be ignored while attempting a match in a string.

You cannot change this property directly.

Examples

Using ignoreCase

var regex = new RegExp('foo', 'i');

console.log(regex.ignoreCase); // true

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• RegExp.lastIndex
• RegExp.prototype.global
• RegExp.prototype.multiline
• RegExp.prototype.source
• RegExp.prototype.sticky