JavaScript · Senior · Question 54 of 75

What does this regex give you?

const { groups } = /(?<year>\d{4})-(?<month>\d{2})/.exec("2025-07");
console.log(groups.month);

✓Correct answer: "07" - named capture groups are available by name
2"2025"
3It throws, named groups aren't supported

Explanation

Named groups make regexes self-documenting and robust to reordering. In replace you reference them as $<month>.

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