JavaScript regex multiline flag doesn't work

Question

I wrote a regex to fetch string from HTML, but it seems the multiline flag doesn\'t work.

This is my pattern and I want to get the text in h1 tag.

Answer 1

My suggestion is that it's better to split the multiple-line string with "\n" and concatenate the splits of the original string and becomes a single line and easy to manipulate.

$( document ).ready( function() {
  var errorMessage = "Please match the requested format.";
  var firstVisit = false;

  $( this ).find( "textarea" ).on( "input change propertychange", function() {

    var pattern = $(this).attr( "pattern" );
    var element = $( this );

    if(typeof pattern !== typeof undefined && pattern !== false)
    {
      var ptr = pattern.replace(/^\^|\$$/g, '');
      var patternRegex = new RegExp('^' + pattern.replace(/^\^|\$$/g, '') + '$', 'gm');     

      var ks = "";
      $.each($( this ).val().split("\n"), function( index, value ){
        console.log(index + "-" + value);
        ks += " " + value;
      });      
      //console.log(ks);

      hasError = !ks.match( patternRegex );
      //debugger;

      if ( typeof this.setCustomValidity === "function") 
      {
        this.setCustomValidity( hasError ? errorMessage : "" );
      } 
      else 
      {
        $( this ).toggleClass( "invalid", !!hasError );
        $( this ).toggleClass( "valid", !hasError );

        if ( hasError ) 
        {
          $( this ).attr( "title", errorMessage );
        } 
        else
        {
          $( this ).removeAttr( "title" );
        }
      }
    }

  });
});