Why not use the following?
new RegExp(txt + \s, i); Diego La Monica Web 2.0 - Standards - Accessibilità mobile: +39 3337235382 - skype: diego.la.monica web: http://diegolamonica.info - http://jastegg.it _____ Da: Pierre-Henri Lavigne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: lunedì 2 giugno 2008 19.44 A: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Oggetto: [WSG] Javascript help with Reg Exp required please Good day all, Does anyone already get the following issue ? <html> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var str = "The Foo fooSz Fighers"; var rule = /foo\s/i; console.log(str.match(rule)); // returns Foo var str2 = "The Foo fooSz Fighers"; var txt = "foo"; var rule2 = eval('/' + txt + '\s/i'); console.log(str2.match(rule2)); // returns fooSz </script> </body> </html> or did I miss something ? Thanks, Peter ----------------------------------------------- Pierre-Henri Lavigne aka Åkeson Chihiro Frontend Developer, Fink Member http://my.opera.com/Akeson_Chihiro/ _____ Découvrez les styles qui font sensation sur <http://cf.avatars.yahoo.com/> Yahoo! Québec Avatars ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************