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let pattern = /([^\-\/\*\+]+)/g;
const str = "(income - outgoing) * years working";
console.log(str.match(pattern));
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var myJSONObject = {"ircEvent": "PRIVMSG", "method": "newURI", "regex": "^http://.*"}; delete myJSONObject.regex;
console.log ( myJSONObject.regex); // logs: undefined
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This works in Firefox and Internet&nbsp;Explorer, and I think it works in all others.