RegExp.prototype.exec = function()

in ext/syntaxhighlighter/scripts/XRegExp.js [270:300]


    RegExp.prototype.exec = function (str) {
        var match = real.exec.apply(this, arguments),
            name, r2;
        if (match) {
            // Fix browsers whose `exec` methods don't consistently return `undefined` for
            // nonparticipating capturing groups
            if (!compliantExecNpcg && match.length > 1 && indexOf(match, "") > -1) {
                r2 = RegExp(this.source, real.replace.call(getNativeFlags(this), "g", ""));
                // Using `str.slice(match.index)` rather than `match[0]` in case lookahead allowed
                // matching due to characters outside the match
                real.replace.call(str.slice(match.index), r2, function () {
                    for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length - 2; i++) {
                        if (arguments[i] === undefined)
                            match[i] = undefined;
                    }
                });
            }
            // Attach named capture properties
            if (this._xregexp && this._xregexp.captureNames) {
                for (var i = 1; i < match.length; i++) {
                    name = this._xregexp.captureNames[i - 1];
                    if (name)
                       match[name] = match[i];
                }
            }
            // Fix browsers that increment `lastIndex` after zero-length matches
            if (!compliantLastIndexIncrement && this.global && !match[0].length && (this.lastIndex > match.index))
                this.lastIndex--;
        }
        return match;
    };