Is it possible to use variables in Regex?

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From: harbs
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:04

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I have a regex like this:

myChars = myStory.contents.match( /[(][^)]{1,20}[)]+/g );

I would like to replace the "(" with myPrefix, ")" with mySuffix, and the 20 with myNumber.

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks,
Harbs

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