@stdlib/regexp-extended-length-path NPM

reExtendedLengthPath

Regular expression to detect an extended-length path.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/regexp-extended-length-path

Usage

var reExtendedLengthPath = require( '@stdlib/regexp-extended-length-path' );

reExtendedLengthPath()

Returns a regular expression to detect an extended-length path (i.e., a Windows path which begins with the characters \\?\).

var RE = reExtendedLengthPath();
var bool = RE.test( '\\\\?\\C:\\foo\\bar' );
// returns true

Examples

var reExtendedLengthPath = require( '@stdlib/regexp-extended-length-path' );

var RE_EXTENDED_LENGTH_PATH = reExtendedLengthPath();
var bool;
var path;

path = '\\\\?\\C:\\foo\\bar';
bool = RE_EXTENDED_LENGTH_PATH.test( path );
// returns true

path = '\\\\?\\UNC\\server\\share';
bool = RE_EXTENDED_LENGTH_PATH.test( path );
// returns true

path = 'C:\\foo\\bar';
bool = RE_EXTENDED_LENGTH_PATH.test( path );
// returns false

path = '/c/foo/bar';
bool = RE_EXTENDED_LENGTH_PATH.test( path );
// returns false

path = '/foo/bar';
bool = RE_EXTENDED_LENGTH_PATH.test( path );
// returns false

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.