RegExp.prototype.toString()

The toString() method returns a string representing the regular expression.

regexObj.toString();

A string representing the given object.

The RegExp object overrides the toString() method of the Object object; it does not inherit Object.prototype.toString(). For RegExp objects, the toString() method returns a string representation of the regular expression.

The following example displays the string value of a RegExp object:

var myExp = new RegExp('a+b+c');
console.log(myExp.toString());  // logs '/a+b+c/'

var foo = new RegExp('bar', 'g');
console.log(foo.toString());    // logs '/bar/g'

Starting with ECMAScript 5, an empty regular expression returns the string "/(?:)/" and line terminators such as "\n" are escaped:

new RegExp().toString(); // "/(?:)/"

new RegExp('\n').toString() === '/\n/';  // true, prior to ES5
new RegExp('\n').toString() === '/\\n/'; // true, starting with ES5

• Object.prototype.toString()