regular expression in javascript

syntax:

/  expression  /

. : match any character other than newline

\s:  match a whitespace character

\d:  match number

\w: match alphanumeric character 

^:  beginning of the string

$:  end of the string

\: escape character

quantifiers:

* :  o or more times

+:  1 or more times

?:  o or 1 time

{ n} :  n times

{min, max}:   

[abc]:  a or b or c

regular expression is a RegExp object

how to use:

ex:

var  key= /\d/;

if( key.test( "32") )

{

     alert("matched");

}