@hugoalh/regular-expression-constructor v1.1.2

Regular Expression Constructor (NodeJS)

RegularExpressionConstructor.NodeJS

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📝 Description

A NodeJS module to help for constructing regular expression.

📚 Documentation

Getting Started

Install

• NodeJS >= v10.13.0

npm install @hugoalh/regular-expression-constructor

Use

CommonJS

const regularExpressionConstructor = require("@hugoalh/regular-expression-constructor");

ModuleJS

import regularExpressionConstructor from "@hugoalh/regular-expression-constructor";

API

Function

regularExpressionConstructor(pattern: string, flags: (RegularExpressionConstructorFlags|string) = {}): RegExp

interface RegularExpressionConstructorFlags {
  boundary: boolean = false;// Add word boundary assertions at the start and end of the pattern.
  caseInsensitive: boolean = false;
  exactly: boolean = false;// Add begin and end line assertions at the start and end of the pattern.
  global: boolean = false;
  indices: boolean = false;
  multipleLine: boolean = false;
  sticky: boolean = false;
}

Example

regularExpressionConstructor("fo+", "bi");
//=> /\b(?:fo+)\b/iu

regularExpressionConstructor("fo+", "eg");
//=> /^(?:fo+)$/gu