Symbol.matchAll

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The Symbol.matchAll static data property represents the well-known symbol Symbol.matchAll. The String.prototype.matchAll() method looks up this symbol on its first argument for the method that returns an iterator, that yields matches of the current object against a string.

For more information, see RegExp.prototype[Symbol.matchAll]() and String.prototype.matchAll().

Try it

const re = /\d+/g;
const str = "2016-01-02|2019-03-07";
const result = re[Symbol.matchAll](str);

console.log(Array.from(result, (x) => x[0]));
// Expected output: Array ["2016", "01", "02", "2019", "03", "07"]

Value

The well-known symbol Symbol.matchAll.

Property attributes of Symbol.matchAll
Writableno
Enumerableno
Configurableno

Examples

Using Symbol.matchAll

js
const str = "2016-01-02|2019-03-07";

const numbers = {
  *[Symbol.matchAll](str) {
    for (const n of str.matchAll(/\d+/g)) yield n[0];
  },
};

console.log(Array.from(str.matchAll(numbers)));
// ["2016", "01", "02", "2019", "03", "07"]

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification
# sec-symbol.matchall

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Bun
Deno
Node.js
matchAll
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 73 (Release date: 2019-03-12)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 67 (Release date: 2019-05-21)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 60 (Release date: 2019-04-09)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 73 (Release date: 2019-03-12)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 67 (Release date: 2019-05-21)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 52 (Release date: 2019-05-17)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 11 (Release date: 2019-12-05)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 73 (Release date: 2019-03-12)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Full support
Bun – Full support
Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support
Node.js – Full support
Node.js 12 (Release date: 2019-04-23)
footnote Full support

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See also