regex-not

regex-not

Create a javascript regular expression for matching everything except for the given string.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save regex-not

Usage

var not = require('regex-not');

The main export is a function that takes a string an options object.

not(string[, options]);

Example

var not = require('regex-not');
console.log(not('foo'));
//=> /^(?:(?!^(?:foo)$).)*$/

Strict matching

By default, the returned regex is for strictly (not) matching the exact given pattern (in other words, "match this string if it does NOT exactly equal foo"):

var re = not('foo');
console.log(re.test('foo'));     //=> false
console.log(re.test('bar'));     //=> true
console.log(re.test('foobar'));  //=> true
console.log(re.test('barfoo'));  //=> true

.create

Get a string, so you can create your own regex:

console.log(not.create('foo'));
//=> '(?:(?!^(?:foo)$).)*'

Options

options.contains

You can relax strict matching by setting options.contains to true (in other words, "match this string if it does NOT contain foo"):

var re = not('foo');
console.log(re.test('foo', {contains: true}));     //=> false
console.log(re.test('bar', {contains: true}));     //=> true
console.log(re.test('foobar', {contains: true}));  //=> false
console.log(re.test('barfoo', {contains: true}));  //=> false

About

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• to-regex: Generate a regex from a string or array of strings. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

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Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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