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The Symbol.match, Symbol.replace, Symbol.search, and Symbol.split Properties
// effectively equivalent to /^.{10}$/
let hasLengthOf10 = {
[Symbol.match]: function(value) {
return value.length === 10 ? [value.substring(0, 10)] : null;
},
[Symbol.replace]: function(value, replacement) {
return value.length === 10 ? replacement + value.substring(10) : value;
},
[Symbol.search]: function(value) {
return value.length === 10 ? 0 : -1;
},
[Symbol.split]: function(value) {
return value.length === 10 ? ["", ""] : [value];
}
};
let message1 = "Hello world", // 11 characters
message2 = "Hello John"; // 10 characters
let match1 = message1.match(hasLengthOf10),
match2 = message2.match(hasLengthOf10);
console.log(match1); // null
console.log(match2); // ["Hello John"]
let replace1 = message1.replace(hasLengthOf10),
replace2 = message2.replace(hasLengthOf10);
console.log(replace1); // "Hello world"
console.log(replace2); // "Hello John"
let search1 = message1.search(hasLengthOf10),
search2 = message2.search(hasLengthOf10);
console.log(search1); // -1
console.log(search2); // 0
let split1 = message1.split(hasLengthOf10),
split2 = message2.split(hasLengthOf10);
console.log(split1); // ["Hello world"]
console.log(split2); // ["", ""]
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