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How I can passing quantifier as variable in this regexp str.match(/^(\-)?\d+( (\-)?\d+){3}$/)

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You can if you use something like this:

var q = "3";
var re = new RegExp("/^(\-)?\d+( (\-)?\d+){" + q + "}$");
if (re.test(str))
    //...
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I try this:

var q = "3";
var re = new RegExp("/^(\-)?\d+( (\-)?\d+){" + q + "}$");
alert(re.test("1 2 3 4"));

but return false

Edited by AndrisP
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Remove the first /

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still false

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