Regex in JS: .search() space and parenthesis

Question

I want to .search() for $( #nav ul li). The spaces should be regarded.

So far i got: (\s)*$(\s)*$(\s)*#nav(\s)+ul(\s)+li(\s)*$(\s)*

(\s)*$ this part seems to works, and so does (\s)*\(

but if i put it together, it wont work. What am I missing?

possible duplicate of [Reference - What does this regex mean?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22937618/reference-what-does-this-regex-mean) — Nathan Tuggy, Feb 22 '15 at 02:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '15 at 02:26

$ is a special character in regex which matches the end of the line boundary. You must need to escape that in-order to match a literal $ symbol.

(\s)*\$(\s)*\((\s)*#nav(\s)+ul(\s)+li(\s)*\)(\s)*

And remove the unnecessary groups.

\s*\$\s*\(\s*#nav\s+ul\s+li\s*\)\s*

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