RegExp String

Regular expression to parse a regular expression string.

Installation

$ npm install regex-regex

Usage

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

re

Regular expression to parse a regular expression string.

var bool = re.test( '/^beep$/' );
// returns true

bool = re.test( '' );
// returns false

Regular expression strings should be escaped.

bool = re.test( '/^\/([^\/]+)\/(.*)$/' );
// returns false

bool = re.test( '/^\\/([^\\/]+)\\/(.*)$/' );
// returns true

Examples

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

console.log( re.test( '/beep/' ) );
// returns true

console.log( re.test( '/^.*$/ig' ) );
// returns true

console.log( re.test( '/^\\/([^\\/]+)\\/(.*)$/' ) );
// returns true

console.log( re.test( '/^\/([^\/]+)\/(.*)$/' ) );
// returns false

console.log( re.test( '/boop' ) );
// returns false

console.log( re.test( '' ) );
// returns false

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

$ 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:

$ 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:

$ make test-cov

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

$ make view-cov

License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2015. Athan Reines.