simplest way to match a string pattern

I have a list with string and want to sort any string that matches the following pattern:

a+[0-9]+framewall+[0-9]+

开发者_如何学CI.e., the string would be something like a3framewall21.

What is the easiest way of doing this in Javascript?

Thanks,

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Have you tried the string.match method?

js> mystring='a3framewall21';
a3framewall21
js> mystring.match(/a\d+framewall\d+/);
a3framewall21

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/a\d+framewall\d+/.test(str); – cwolves 8 mins ago

This is superior because it returns a boolean value. So you can write for example:

function doesItMatch(regex, query) {
    return regex.test(query);
}

Which will allow you to write things like this (which string.match(...) cannot do because the values are truthy and falsy):

doesItMatch(regex1,query)==doesItMatch(regex2,query)