Javascript syntax identification

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Writing a regular expression, I found this code:

JSON.stringify(e.model.ProcedureDate).replace(/\"/g, '');

Why does /\"/g work without being quoted? It isn't a string, and from what I gather, javascript doesn't have literals... What would you call the text passed to .replace()?

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Aprillion · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-15 20:53:54Z

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It is a regular expression literal, equivalent to:

new RegExp('\\"', 'g')

in the same way as [] is equivalent to new Array(0).

edited Jan 15, 2016 at 20:53

answered Jan 15, 2016 at 20:34

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Mike Cluck · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-15 20:34:28Z

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Javascript has regular expression literals. That's an example of one.

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