RegExp String

Regular expression to parse a regular expression string.

Installation

1$ npm install regex-regex

Usage

1var re = require( 'regex-regex' );

re

Regular expression to parse a regular expression string.

1var bool = re.test( '/^beep$/' );
2// returns true
3
4bool = re.test( '' );
5// returns false

Regular expression strings should be escaped.

1bool = re.test( '/^\/([^\/]+)\/(.*)$/' );
2// returns false
3
4bool = re.test( '/^\\/([^\\/]+)\\/(.*)$/' );
5// returns true

Examples

1var re = require( 'regex-regex' );
2
3console.log( re.test( '/beep/' ) );
4// returns true
5
6console.log( re.test( '/^.*$/ig' ) );
7// returns true
8
9console.log( re.test( '/^\\/([^\\/]+)\\/(.*)$/' ) );
10// returns true
11
12console.log( re.test( '/^\/([^\/]+)\/(.*)$/' ) );
13// returns false
14
15console.log( re.test( '/boop' ) );
16// returns false
17
18console.log( re.test( '' ) );
19// returns false

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

1$ node ./examples/index.js

Tests

Unit

Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

1$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

1$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

1$ make view-cov

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License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2015. Athan Reines.