@stdlib/regexp-duration-string

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reDurationString

Regular expression to match a duration string.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/regexp-duration-string

Usage

var reDurationString = require( '@stdlib/regexp-duration-string' );

reDurationString()

Returns a regular expression to match a duration string.

var RE_DURATION = reDurationString();
// returns <RegExp>

var parts = RE_DURATION.exec( '3d2ms' );
/* returns
    [
        '3d2ms',
        '3d',
        undefined,
        undefined,
        undefined,
        '2ms',
        index: 0,
        input: '3d2ms',
        groups: undefined
    ]
*/

parts = RE_DURATION.exec( '4h3m20s' );
/* returns
    [
        '4h3m20s',
        undefined,
        '4h',
        '3m',
        '20s',
        undefined,
        index: 0,
        input: '4h3m20s',
        groups: undefined
    ]
*/

reDurationString.REGEXP

Regular expression to match a duration string.

var bool = reDurationString.REGEXP.test( '3d12h' );
// returns true

Notes

• A duration string is a string containing a sequence of time units. A time unit is a nonnegative integer followed by a unit identifier. The following unit identifiers are supported:

  • d: days
  • h: hours
  • m: minutes
  • s: seconds
  • ms: milliseconds

  For example, the string 1m3s10ms is a duration string containing three time units: 1m (1 minute), 3s (3 seconds), and 10ms (10 milliseconds). The string 60m is a duration string containing a single time unit: 60m (60 minutes). Time units must be supplied in descending order of magnitude (i.e., days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds).

• Duration strings are case insensitive. For example, the string 1M3S10MS is equivalent to 1m3s10ms.

• The regular expression captures the following groups:

  1. The days component.
  2. The hours component.
  3. The minutes component.
  4. The seconds component.
  5. The milliseconds component.

Examples

var reDurationString = require( '@stdlib/regexp-duration-string' );

var RE_DURATION = reDurationString();

var bool = RE_DURATION.test( '3d12h' );
// returns true

bool = RE_DURATION.test( '1M3S10MS' );
// returns true

bool = RE_DURATION.test( '1y.0w.0d' );
// returns false

bool = RE_DURATION.test( '1y3w' );
// returns false

bool = RE_DURATION.test( 'beep' );
// returns false

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