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RegExp ↔ regex Global Object to make Regular Expressions in JS

RegExp()​

Constructor Function for new RegExp Object

Source: developer.mozilla.org/en

RegExp Syntax​

JS-specific regex syntax

Regexp Snippets

[<span data-tooltip-id="preview__8xougBuxfkTpodRoj">RegExp()</span>](regexp_regexp) [<span data-tooltip-id="preview__5u877wnW7hxo7TDL3">Instance Method</span>](instance-method)

References​

  1. RegExp() ↔ Constructor Function for new RegExp Object

  2. RegExp Literal Notation ↔ Literal JS Syntax to create RegExp, execute at Compile Time 

const re = /pattern/flags;

  1. regexp atom ↔ basic building block of RegExp

  2. y ↔ stickY RegExp Flag to set no characters between matches

  3. \n ↔ RegExp Control Character Escape for New line feed (LF) character

  4. \f ↔ RegExp Control Character Escape for Form feed (FF) character

  5. \r ↔ RegExp Control Character Escape for carriage Return (CR) character

  6. \t ↔ RegExp Control Character Escape for Tab character

  7. \v ↔ RegExp Control Character Escape for vertical line tabulation

  8. \cA ↔ RegExp Arbitrary Character Escape for Ctrl+A

  9. \cZ ↔ RegExp Arbitrary Character Escape for Ctrl+Z

  10. RegExp Constructor Notation ↔ RegExp Syntax to call RegExp() to execute RegExp expression at Runtime

const re = new RegExp(_regExpPattern: RegExp, flags = regExp.flags)

  1. Flag ↔ optional modifier for RegExp to config how Assertion behave on patterns

  2. [^abc] ↔ RegExp Negated Character Class to NOT match chars abc in bracket

  3. [0-9] ↔ RegExp Character Class to match digit range from 0-9

  4. [A-z] ↔ RegExp Character Class to match letter range (a-z & A-Z)

  5. [:punct:] ↔ RegExp Character Class to match punctuation char

  6. [:space:] ↔ RegExp Character Class to match space char

  7. Group ↔ RegExp JS Syntax using () to group together RegExp expressions

  8. [:blank:] ↔ RegExp Character Class to match space or tab char

  9. ^[abc] ↔ RegExp Character Class to match at line start char

  10. ? ↔ Optional RegExp Quantifier to match never or once

  11. * ↔ ≥0 RegExp Quantifier to match zero or more

  12. + ↔ ≥1 RegExp Quantifier to match 1+

  13. .*abc.* ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match any phrase contains abc between anything/nothing

  14. {n} ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match exactly n times

  15. {n,} ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match n or more times

  16. ^ ↔ RegExp Assertion to negate Character Class or only match start of line

  17. $ ↔ RegExp Assertion to match n expression at end of line

  18. {n,m} ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match between n-m times

  19. .* ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match anything & everything

  20. ^n ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match n string at line begin

  21. ?=n ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match string after n string

  22. ?!n ↔ RegExp Quantifier to match string not after n string

  23. | ↔ RegExp Assertion OR operator for alternative characters/expressions

  24. \b ↔ RegExp Assertion to match only at boundary of word (beginning or end of word)

  25. \B ↔ inverted RegExp Assertion to match only at not boundary of word (beginning or end of word)

  26. u ↔ Flag to set RegExp Pattern Character as Unicode

  27. \n ↔ RegExp back ref to numbered Capture Group

  28. Metacharacter ↔ \ ^ $ . * + ? ( ) [ ] { } | special reserved RegExp character with special (non-literal) meaning to define search criteria/manipulation

  29. excludeStories ↔ to set mocked state data as non-story export, via string[] || RegExp

  30. regexp **body** ↔ of RegExp expression (abc) inside /abc/