@zitterorg/psychic-adventure v5.11.78

isRegExpString

Test if a value is a regular expression string.

Installation

npm install @zitterorg/psychic-adventure

Alternatively,

• To load the package in a website via a script tag without installation and bundlers, use the ES Module available on the esm branch (see README).
• If you are using Deno, visit the deno branch (see README for usage intructions).
• For use in Observable, or in browser/node environments, use the Universal Module Definition (UMD) build available on the umd branch (see README).
• To use as a general utility for the command line, install the corresponding CLI package globally.

The branches.md file summarizes the available branches and displays a diagram illustrating their relationships.

To view installation and usage instructions specific to each branch build, be sure to explicitly navigate to the respective README files on each branch, as linked to above.

Usage

var isRegExpString = require( '@zitterorg/psychic-adventure' );

isRegExpString( value )

Tests if a value is a regular expression string.

var bool = isRegExpString( '/^beep$/' );
// returns true

Examples

var isRegExpString = require( '@zitterorg/psychic-adventure' );

var bool;

bool = isRegExpString( '/beep/' );
// returns true

bool = isRegExpString( '/beep/gim' );
// returns true

bool = isRegExpString( 'beep' );
// returns false

bool = isRegExpString( '' );
// returns false

bool = isRegExpString( null );
// returns false

CLI

Installation

To use as a general utility, install the CLI package globally

npm install -g @zitterorg/psychic-adventure-cli

Usage

Usage: is-regexp-string [options] [<string>]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
         --split sep           Delimiter for stdin data. Default: '/\\r?\\n/'.

Notes

• If the split separator is a regular expression, ensure that the split option is either properly escaped or enclosed in quotes.

  # Not escaped...
  $ echo -n $'beEp booP\n/beep/' | is-regexp-string --split /\r?\n/
  # Escaped...
  $ echo -n $'beEp booP\n/beep/' | is-regexp-string --split /\\r?\\n/

• The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.

Examples

$ is-regexp-string '/beep/'
true

To use as a standard stream,

$ echo -n '/beep/' | is-regexp-string
true

By default, when used as a standard stream, the implementation assumes newline-delimited data. To specify an alternative delimiter, set the split option.

$ echo -n 'beep\t/boop/' | is-regexp-string --split '\t'
false
true

See Also

• @stdlib/assert-is-regexp: test if a value is a regular expression.

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.

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License

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