Regular Expression Validation In ActionScript

Question

I need to validate a regular expression aganist a string veryt strictly only what is there in string. But at present i don't see such a function for regular expression since bot exec and test doesn't check strictly. for example say i have regular expression for validating 43a^2b^2, but even its 43a it's returning true, as a part of string is present in reg exp. i need true only when exact match is found, is there any way achieve this?

The code I am using at present:

var isRegExp:Boolean = regExp.test(value1);

Thanks in advance...

Sean Fujiwara · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-03 12:38:21Z

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Using the beginning of string ^ and end of string $ tests should work.

var regExp:RegExp = /^43a$/;
regExp.test('43a'); //true
regExp.test('43a^2b^2'); //false

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answered Dec 3, 2013 at 12:38

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