TypeScript - check if string contains spaces

In this article, we would like to show you how to check if string contains spaces in TypeScript.

Quick solution:

const text: string = 'Example text.';

if (text.match(/\s/)) {
  console.log('The string contains space(s).');
}

Practical example

In this example, we use match() method to check if the text string contains any spaces.

const regex: RegExp = /\s/;
const text: string = 'Example text.';

if (text.match(regex)) {
  console.log('The string contains space(s).');
}

Output:

The string contains space(s).

Note:

The match() method used with /g flag returns all results matching the complete regular expression (regex). If nothing matches returns null.

Alternative solution

In this section, we use regex.test(text) instead of text.match(regex) to check if the text string contains spaces.

const regex: RegExp = /\s/;
const text: string = 'Example text.';

if (regex.test(text)) {
  console.log('The string contains space(s).');
}

Output:

The string contains space(s).

Note:

The test() method returns true if there is a match between the regex and the text string. Otherwise it returns false.

See also

1. JavaScript - check if string contains spaces