@stdlib/utils-regexp-from-string
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Create a regular expression from a regular expression string.
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Create a regular expression from a regular expression string.
npm install @stdlib/utils-regexp-from-string
var reFromString = require( '@stdlib/utils-regexp-from-string' );
Parses a regular expression string and returns a new regular expression.
var re = reFromString( '/beep/' );
// returns /beep/
Provided strings must be properly escaped.
// Unescaped:
var re = reFromString( '/\w+/' );
// returns /w+/
// Escaped:
re = reFromString( '/\\w+/' );
// returns /\w+/
var reFromString = require( '@stdlib/utils-regexp-from-string' );
var re = reFromString( '/beep/' );
// returns /beep/
re = reFromString( '/[A-Z]*/' );
// returns /[A-Z]*/
re = reFromString( '/\\\\\\\//ig' );
// returns /\\\//gi
re = reFromString( '/[A-Z]{0,}/' );
// returns /[A-Z]{0,}/
re = reFromString( '/^boop$/' );
// returns /^boop$/
re = reFromString( '/(?:.*)/' );
// returns /(?:.*)/
re = reFromString( '/(?:beep|boop)/' );
// returns /(?:beep|boop)/
re = reFromString( '/\\w+/' );
// returns /\w+/
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0.1.0 (2023-09-22)
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Create a regular expression from a regular expression string.
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