Subj : Re: RegExp bug? (test case included)
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Igor Bukanov <igor@icesoft.no>
Date : Sun Feb 23 2003 03:25 pm

Michael Caines wrote:
> http://mikecaines.topcities.com/misc/regexpbug.html

Please include next time test cases inline if they are simple or at 
least point to a page with just the test case and nothing else.

> 
> IE6 returns the expected three matches: [mmm],[dd],[yyyy]
> Moz1.3b & Opera return none (null).
> 

EcmaScript v3 , see http://mozilla.org/js/language/E262-3.pdf, 15.10.1, 
defines that ] in a range specification is not treated specially even if 
it is the first character. Which means you always need to escape ] in 
your range specifications. The following works:

var string = '[mmm]/[dd]/[yyyy]';
var matchResults = string.match( /[[]((m|d|y){1,4})[\]]/gi );
document.write(matchResults)


Regards, Igor

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