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title: "problem in Regular Expression in javascript"  
description: "problem in Regular Expression in javascript"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-04-16  
updated: 2011-04-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/220/problem-in-regular-expression-in-javascript  
category: "javascript"  
tags: ["javascript"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# problem in Regular Expression in javascript

how to find non [word](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/305/read-word-file) [character](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23551/an-investigate-distinctive-seafood-restaurant-for-your-image-stamp-character) from any text.

what is the [regexp](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160351/explain-the-significance-of-metacharacters-in-regexp-in-javascript) for non word char?

## Replies

### Reply by Amit Singh

hi, vikas

check it

## new RegExp("\W")\
or \
/\W/


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