JavaScript: using constructor without operator 'new'
- by GetFree
Please help me to understand why the following code works:
<script>
var re = RegExp('\\ba\\b') ;
alert(re.test('a')) ;
alert(re.test('ab')) ;
</script>
In the first line there is no new operator.
As far as I know, a contructor in JavaScript is a function that initialize objects created by the operator new and they are not meant to return anything.
