2.0.0 • Published 3 years ago
@parameter1/build-match-regex v2.0.0
Build Match Regex
Builds regular expressions for matching parts of a phrase to a value. Useful for autocompleters, typeaheads, or quasi-search functions.
Installation
yarn add @parameter1/build-match-regexUsage
import buildMatchRegex from '@parameter1/build-match-regex';
const phrase = 'quick brown fox';
const regex = buildMatchRegex({
phrase,
// can be one of 'starts', 'ends', 'exact', or 'contains'
position: 'contains', // default
// can be either 'all' or 'any'
words: 'all', // default
insensitive: true, // default, set to false to force case-sensitivity
});
regex.test('brown fox'); // false
regex.test('brown fox quick'); // true
regex.test('Quickest Brownest Fox!'); // trueOptions
Assuming a phrase of quick brown fox...
Position starts:
- Words:
any- Where a value starts with
quick,brown, orfox /^quick|^brown|^fox/i
- Where a value starts with
- Words:
all- Where a value literally starts with
quick brown fox /^quick brown fox/i
- Where a value literally starts with
Position ends:
- Words:
any- Where a value ends with
quick,brown, orfox /quick$|brown$|fox$/i
- Where a value ends with
- Words:
all- Where a value literally ends with
quick brown fox /quick brown fox$/i
- Where a value literally ends with
Position: exact:
- Words:
any- Where a value exactly matches
quick,brown, orfox /^quick$|^brown$|^fox$/i
- Where a value exactly matches
- Words:
all- Where a value exactly matches
quick brown fox /^quick brown fox$/i
- Where a value exactly matches
Position contains:
- Words:
any- Where a value contains any partial matches of
quick,brown, orfox /quick|brown|fox/i
- Where a value contains any partial matches of
- Words:
all- Where a value contains all partial matches of
quick,brown, andfox /(?=.*quick)(?=.*brown)(?=.*fox)/i
- Where a value contains all partial matches of