Javascript Regular Expression:Can two Regx with same pattern are equal ?

Even if you created two regular expression as below with same pattern they

do not match with each other but there "source" property & "toString()"

matches.

Code:

var pattern1 = /^\d{2}-\d{4}-\d{6}$/;

var pattern2 = /^\d{2}-\d{4}-\d{6}$/;

if (pattern1 == pattern2) {

console.log("RAW Pattern Matches");

} else {

console.log("RAW Pattern Does Not Matches");

}

if (pattern1.toString() == pattern2.toString()) {

console.log("Pattern.toString() Matches");

} else {

console.log("Pattern.toString() Does Not Matches");

}

if (pattern1.source == pattern2.source) {

console.log("Pattern.source Matches");

} else {

console.log("Pattern.source Does Not Matches");

}

Output:

RAW Pattern Does Not Matches

Pattern.toString() Matches

Pattern.source Matches