Есть ли версия JavaScript String.indexOf (), которая позволяет использовать регулярные выражения?

/*jslint maxlen:80, browser:true */

/*
 * Properties used by searchOf and searchLastOf implementation.
 */

/*property
    MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, abs, add, apply, call, configurable, defineProperty,
    enumerable, exec, floor, global, hasOwnProperty, ignoreCase, index,
    lastIndex, lastIndexOf, length, max, min, multiline, pow, prototype,
    remove, replace, searchLastOf, searchOf, source, toString, value, writable
*/

/*
 * Properties used in the testing of searchOf and searchLastOf implimentation.
 */

/*property
    appendChild, createTextNode, getElementById, indexOf, lastIndexOf, length,
    searchLastOf, searchOf, unshift
*/

(function () {
    'use strict';

    var MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || Math.pow(2, 53) - 1,
        getNativeFlags = new RegExp('\/([a-z]*)$', 'i'),
        clipDups = new RegExp('([\\s\\S])(?=[\\s\\S]*\\1)', 'g'),
        pToString = Object.prototype.toString,
        pHasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
        stringTagRegExp;

    /**
     * Defines a new property directly on an object, or modifies an existing
     * property on an object, and returns the object.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {Object} object
     * @param {string} property
     * @param {Object} descriptor
     * @returns {Object}
     * @see https://goo.gl/CZnEqg
     */
    function $defineProperty(object, property, descriptor) {
        if (Object.defineProperty) {
            Object.defineProperty(object, property, descriptor);
        } else {
            object[property] = descriptor.value;
        }

        return object;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the operands are strictly equal with no type conversion.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} a
     * @param {*} b
     * @returns {boolean}
     * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.9.4
     */
    function $strictEqual(a, b) {
        return a === b;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the operand inputArg is undefined.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    function $isUndefined(inputArg) {
        return $strictEqual(typeof inputArg, 'undefined');
    }

    /**
     * Provides a string representation of the supplied object in the form
     * "[object type]", where type is the object type.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg The object for which a class string represntation
     *                     is required.
     * @returns {string} A string value of the form "[object type]".
     * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-15.2.4.2
     */
    function $toStringTag(inputArg) {
        var val;
        if (inputArg === null) {
            val = '[object Null]';
        } else if ($isUndefined(inputArg)) {
            val = '[object Undefined]';
        } else {
            val = pToString.call(inputArg);
        }

        return val;
    }

    /**
     * The string tag representation of a RegExp object.
     *
     * @private
     * @type {string}
     */
    stringTagRegExp = $toStringTag(getNativeFlags);

    /**
     * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a RegExp.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    function $isRegExp(inputArg) {
        return $toStringTag(inputArg) === stringTagRegExp &&
                pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'ignoreCase') &&
                typeof inputArg.ignoreCase === 'boolean' &&
                pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'global') &&
                typeof inputArg.global === 'boolean' &&
                pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'multiline') &&
                typeof inputArg.multiline === 'boolean' &&
                pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'source') &&
                typeof inputArg.source === 'string';
    }

    /**
     * The abstract operation throws an error if its argument is a value that
     * cannot be converted to an Object, otherwise returns the argument.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg The object to be tested.
     * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined.
     * @returns {*} The inputArg if coercible.
     * @see https://goo.gl/5GcmVq
     */
    function $requireObjectCoercible(inputArg) {
        var errStr;

        if (inputArg === null || $isUndefined(inputArg)) {
            errStr = 'Cannot convert argument to object: ' + inputArg;
            throw new TypeError(errStr);
        }

        return inputArg;
    }

    /**
     * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type string
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg
     * @returns {string}
     * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tostring
     */
    function $toString(inputArg) {
        var type,
            val;

        if (inputArg === null) {
            val = 'null';
        } else {
            type = typeof inputArg;
            if (type === 'string') {
                val = inputArg;
            } else if (type === 'undefined') {
                val = type;
            } else {
                if (type === 'symbol') {
                    throw new TypeError('Cannot convert symbol to string');
                }

                val = String(inputArg);
            }
        }

        return val;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string only if the arguments is coercible otherwise throws an
     * error.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg
     * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined.
     * @returns {string}
     */
    function $onlyCoercibleToString(inputArg) {
        return $toString($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg));
    }

    /**
     * The function evaluates the passed value and converts it to an integer.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to an integer.
     * @returns {number} If the target value is NaN, null or undefined, 0 is
     *                   returned. If the target value is false, 0 is returned
     *                   and if true, 1 is returned.
     * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.4
     */
    function $toInteger(inputArg) {
        var number = +inputArg,
            val = 0;

        if ($strictEqual(number, number)) {
            if (!number || number === Infinity || number === -Infinity) {
                val = number;
            } else {
                val = (number > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(number));
            }
        }

        return val;
    }

    /**
     * Copies a regex object. Allows adding and removing native flags while
     * copying the regex.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy.
     * @param {Object} [options] Allows specifying native flags to add or
     *                           remove while copying the regex.
     * @returns {RegExp} Copy of the provided regex, possibly with modified
     *                   flags.
     */
    function $copyRegExp(regex, options) {
        var flags,
            opts,
            rx;

        if (options !== null && typeof options === 'object') {
            opts = options;
        } else {
            opts = {};
        }

        // Get native flags in use
        flags = getNativeFlags.exec($toString(regex))[1];
        flags = $onlyCoercibleToString(flags);
        if (opts.add) {
            flags += opts.add;
            flags = flags.replace(clipDups, '');
        }

        if (opts.remove) {
            // Would need to escape `options.remove` if this was public
            rx = new RegExp('[' + opts.remove + ']+', 'g');
            flags = flags.replace(rx, '');
        }

        return new RegExp(regex.source, flags);
    }

    /**
     * The abstract operation ToLength converts its argument to an integer
     * suitable for use as the length of an array-like object.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to a length.
     * @returns {number} If len <= +0 then +0 else if len is +INFINITY then
     *                   2^53-1 else min(len, 2^53-1).
     * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tolength
     */
    function $toLength(inputArg) {
        return Math.min(Math.max($toInteger(inputArg), 0), MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
    }

    /**
     * Copies a regex object so that it is suitable for use with searchOf and
     * searchLastOf methods.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy.
     * @returns {RegExp}
     */
    function $toSearchRegExp(regex) {
        return $copyRegExp(regex, {
            add: 'g',
            remove: 'y'
        });
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a member of one of the types
     * Undefined, Null, Boolean, Number, Symbol, or String.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg
     * @returns {boolean}
     * @see https://goo.gl/W68ywJ
     * @see https://goo.gl/ev7881
     */
    function $isPrimitive(inputArg) {
        var type = typeof inputArg;

        return type === 'undefined' ||
                inputArg === null ||
                type === 'boolean' ||
                type === 'string' ||
                type === 'number' ||
                type === 'symbol';
    }

    /**
     * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type Object
     * but fixes some environment bugs.
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {*} inputArg The argument to be converted to an object.
     * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is not coercible to an object.
     * @returns {Object} Value of inputArg as type Object.
     * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.9
     */
    function $toObject(inputArg) {
        var object;

        if ($isPrimitive($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg))) {
            object = Object(inputArg);
        } else {
            object = inputArg;
        }

        return object;
    }

    /**
     * Converts a single argument that is an array-like object or list (eg.
     * arguments, NodeList, DOMTokenList (used by classList), NamedNodeMap
     * (used by attributes property)) into a new Array() and returns it.
     * This is a partial implementation of the ES6 Array.from
     *
     * @private
     * @function
     * @param {Object} arrayLike
     * @returns {Array}
     */
    function $toArray(arrayLike) {
        var object = $toObject(arrayLike),
            length = $toLength(object.length),
            array = [],
            index = 0;

        array.length = length;
        while (index < length) {
            array[index] = object[index];
            index += 1;
        }

        return array;
    }

    if (!String.prototype.searchOf) {
        /**
         * This method returns the index within the calling String object of
         * the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at
         * fromIndex. Returns -1 if the value is not found.
         *
         * @function
         * @this {string}
         * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String.
         *                              Anything else is implicitly converted to
         *                              a String.
         * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The location within the calling string
         *                             to start the search from. It can be any
         *                             integer. The default value is 0. If
         *                             fromIndex < 0 the entire string is
         *                             searched (same as passing 0). If
         *                             fromIndex >= str.length, the method will
         *                             return -1 unless searchValue is an empty
         *                             string in which case str.length is
         *                             returned.
         * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first
         *                   match of the regular expression inside the
         *                   string. Otherwise, it returns -1.
         */
        $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchOf', {
            enumerable: false,
            configurable: true,
            writable: true,
            value: function (regex) {
                var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this),
                    args = $toArray(arguments),
                    result = -1,
                    fromIndex,
                    match,
                    rx;

                if (!$isRegExp(regex)) {
                    return String.prototype.indexOf.apply(str, args);
                }

                if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) {
                    fromIndex = +args[1];
                    if (fromIndex < 0) {
                        fromIndex = 0;
                    }
                } else {
                    fromIndex = 0;
                }

                if (fromIndex >= $toLength(str.length)) {
                    return result;
                }

                rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex);
                rx.lastIndex = fromIndex;
                match = rx.exec(str);
                if (match) {
                    result = +match.index;
                }

                return result;
            }
        });
    }

    if (!String.prototype.searchLastOf) {
        /**
         * This method returns the index within the calling String object of
         * the last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found.
         * The calling string is searched backward, starting at fromIndex.
         *
         * @function
         * @this {string}
         * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String.
         *                              Anything else is implicitly converted to
         *                              a String.
         * @param {Number} [fromIndex] Optional. The location within the
         *                             calling string to start the search at,
         *                             indexed from left to right. It can be
         *                             any integer. The default value is
         *                             str.length. If it is negative, it is
         *                             treated as 0. If fromIndex > str.length,
         *                             fromIndex is treated as str.length.
         * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first
         *                   match of the regular expression inside the
         *                   string. Otherwise, it returns -1.
         */
        $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchLastOf', {
            enumerable: false,
            configurable: true,
            writable: true,
            value: function (regex) {
                var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this),
                    args = $toArray(arguments),
                    result = -1,
                    fromIndex,
                    length,
                    match,
                    pos,
                    rx;

                if (!$isRegExp(regex)) {
                    return String.prototype.lastIndexOf.apply(str, args);
                }

                length = $toLength(str.length);
                if (!$strictEqual(args[1], args[1])) {
                    fromIndex = length;
                } else {
                    if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) {
                        fromIndex = $toInteger(args[1]);
                    } else {
                        fromIndex = length - 1;
                    }
                }

                if (fromIndex >= 0) {
                    fromIndex = Math.min(fromIndex, length - 1);
                } else {
                    fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex);
                }

                pos = 0;
                rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex);
                while (pos <= fromIndex) {
                    rx.lastIndex = pos;
                    match = rx.exec(str);
                    if (!match) {
                        break;
                    }

                    pos = +match.index;
                    if (pos <= fromIndex) {
                        result = pos;
                    }

                    pos += 1;
                }

                return result;
            }
        });
    }
}());

(function () {
    'use strict';

    /*
     * testing as follow to make sure that at least for one character regexp,
     * the result is the same as if we used indexOf
     */

    var pre = document.getElementById('out');

    function log(result) {
        pre.appendChild(document.createTextNode(result + '\n'));
    }

    function test(str) {
        var i = str.length + 2,
            r,
            a,
            b;

        while (i) {
            a = str.indexOf('a', i);
            b = str.searchOf(/a/, i);
            r = ['Failed', 'searchOf', str, i, a, b];
            if (a === b) {
                r[0] = 'Passed';
            }

            log(r);
            a = str.lastIndexOf('a', i);
            b = str.searchLastOf(/a/, i);
            r = ['Failed', 'searchLastOf', str, i, a, b];
            if (a === b) {
                r[0] = 'Passed';
            }

            log(r);
            i -= 1;
        }
    }

    /*
     * Look for the a among the xes
     */

    test('xxx');
    test('axx');
    test('xax');
    test('xxa');
    test('axa');
    test('xaa');
    test('aax');
    test('aaa');
}());

<pre id = "out"></pre>

function getLastIndex(text, regex, limit = text.length) {
  const matches = text.match(regex);

  // no matches found
  if (!matches) {
    return -1;
  }

  // matches found but first index greater than limit
  if (text.indexOf(matches[0] + matches[0].length) > limit) {
    return -1;
  }

  // reduce index until smaller than limit
  let i = matches.length - 1;
  let index = text.lastIndexOf(matches[i]);
  while (index > limit && i >= 0) {
    i--;
    index = text.lastIndexOf(matches[i]);
  }
  return index > limit ? -1 : index;
}

// expect -1 as first index === 14
console.info(getLastIndex('First Sentence. Last Sentence. Unfinished', /\. /g, 10));

// expect 29
console.info(getLastIndex('First Sentence. Last Sentence. Unfinished', /\. /g));