Javascript Regex with .test()

Question

> var p = /abc/gi;
> var s = "abc";
> p.test(s);
  true
> p.test(s);
  false;

When I run this code on console of Chrome I Have this output above. Each time I call '.test()' I get a diferent value. Someone could explain to me why this happens? thanks

Answer 1

The behavior is due to the "g" modifier, i.e. matches three times, no match the fourth time:

> var p = /a/gi;
> var s = "aaa";
> p.test(s)
true
> p.test(s)
true
> p.test(s)
true
> p.test(s)
false

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