Chapter 12 Example 3

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package {
  import com.actionscriptbible.Example;
  
  public class ch12ex3 extends Example {
    public function ch12ex3() {
      //IDENTIFYING
      trace("---- exec()");
      var contactNumbers:String =
        "Call us at one of these numbers.\n" +
        "Los Angeles: 310-555-2910\n" +
        "New York: 212-555-2499\n" +
        "Boston: 617-555-7141";
      var phoneNumber:RegExp = /\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}/g;
      var result:Object;
      while(result = phoneNumber.exec(contactNumbers)) {
        trace(result[0]); //prints out the phone numbers one by one
      }

      trace("---- match()");
      var contactNumbers:String = 
          "Call us at one of these numbers.\n" +
          "Los Angeles: 310-555-2910\n" + 
          "New York: 212-555-2499\n" + 
          "Boston: 617-555-7141";
      var matches:Array = contactNumbers.match(/\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}/g);
      if (matches) {
          trace(matches.length); //3
          trace(matches[0]); //310-555-2910
      }
    }
  }
}