joshtynjala commented on issue #1102:
URL: https://github.com/apache/royale-asjs/issues/1102#issuecomment-819633928
> I do it through the constructor, passing it the pattern as a text string,
the result is different.
> var miexc3:RegExp=new RegExp("^(\ *)([+\-]?)(\ *)(\d+)(\:|\.|\
)([0-5]{1})([0-9]{1})(\ *)$","gi");
The \ character in a string escapes the next character (for instance \n is
new line and \t is tab). To include a backslash in a string that will actually
be a backslash, you need to escape it with an extra backslash, like this: \\
With that in mind, I think that this is actually what you want when using
the constructor:
```as3
var miexc3:RegExp=new RegExp("^(\\ *)([+\\-]?)(\\ *)(\\d+)(\\:|\\.|\\
)([0-5]{1})([0-9]{1})(\\ *)$","gi");
```
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