var myString= "A word character is 0123456789, ABCDEFGHIGKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, and _"; var execArray = /([dD])([eE])/g.exec(myString); console.log(execArray[0]); //logs ["DE"] console.log(execArray.index); //logs 35 console.log(execArray.input); /* logs A word character is 0123456789, ABCDEFGHIGKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, and _ */