search() method searches for a match between a regular expression and a specified string, returning the index of the first match.

syntax ↴

search(regexp) ↴

regexp A regular expression object, or any object that has a Symbol.search method.

If regexp is not a RegExp object and does not have a Symbol.search method, it is implicitly converted to a RegExp.

search() method returns the index (position) of the first match.

search() method returns -1 if no match is found.

search() method is case sensitive.

If the search value is a string, it is converted to a regular expression.

search() and indexOf() are similar, except ↴

search() cannot take a start position argument.

indexOf() method can take a start position argument but cannot search against a regular expression.

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