This script shows how to valuate a regular expression using the "search()" function for the "Regular Expressions in Javascript" article by Yasir Gaji

regex7.js

  // VALUATING THE REGULAR EXPRESSION USING THE "search()" FUNCTION
const stillTheFirstWay = /words between slahses/; //declared regular expression

const thePassingStatement = 'this is a sentence with words between slahses being evaluated with the search() function';
  
const theResult = thePassingStatement.search(stillTheFirstWay);
console.log(theResult);