to-regex
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Package description
The 'to-regex' npm package is designed to convert strings or arrays of strings into regular expressions. This can be particularly useful for dynamically generating regex patterns from user input or other variable data sources. It supports a variety of options to customize the generated regular expressions, such as adding flags, enabling strict mode, or specifying whether the pattern should match the whole string or any part of it.
Converting a string to a regex
This feature allows you to convert a simple string into a regular expression. It's useful for cases where you need a regex pattern but are starting with a plain string.
const toRegex = require('to-regex');
const regex = toRegex('foo');
console.log(regex); //=> /foo/Converting an array of strings to a single regex
This feature enables the conversion of an array of strings into a single regular expression that matches any of the strings in the array. It's particularly useful for creating patterns that can match multiple possible strings.
const toRegex = require('to-regex');
const regex = toRegex(['foo', 'bar']);
console.log(regex); //=> /(foo|bar)/Using options to customize the regex
This feature demonstrates how to use options to customize the generated regex. In this example, the 'contains' option makes the pattern match any part of the string that contains 'foo', and the 'flags' option adds global and case-insensitive flags to the regex.
const toRegex = require('to-regex');
const regex = toRegex('foo', { contains: true, flags: 'gi' });
console.log(regex); //=> /(?:foo)/giThis package provides functionality to escape string input so that it can be used in a regular expression. While it doesn't convert strings to regex patterns directly, it's useful for preparing strings that will be dynamically inserted into regex patterns. It's more focused on escaping than generating regex patterns.
Similar to 'to-regex', 'regexify-string' allows for transforming strings into regular expressions. However, it focuses more on replacing parts of strings with regex patterns. It's a bit more specialized in terms of functionality, offering a different approach to working with dynamic regex patterns.
Readme
Generate a regex from a string or array of strings.
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save to-regex
var toRegex = require('to-regex');
console.log(toRegex('foo'))
//=> /^(?:foo)$/
console.log(toRegex('foo', {negate: true}))
//=> /^(?:(?:(?!^(?:foo)$).)*)$/
console.log(toRegex('foo', {contains: true}))
//=> /(?:foo)/
console.log(toRegex(['foo', 'bar'], {negate: true}))
//=> /^(?:(?:(?!^(?:(?:foo)|(?:bar))$).)*)$/
console.log(toRegex(['foo', 'bar'], {negate: true, contains: true}))
//=> /^(?:(?:(?!(?:(?:foo)|(?:bar))).)*)$/
true if an array has a glob pattern. | homepagetrue if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern… more | homepagePull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
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Install dev dependencies:
$ npm install -d && npm test
Jon Schlinkert
Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.
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FAQs
Generate a regex from a string or array of strings.
The npm package to-regex receives a total of 9,958,198 weekly downloads. As such, to-regex popularity was classified as popular.
We found that to-regex demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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