Create Regex
Simple and powerful utility to create complex regex in javascript
Create regex
When creating long and powerful regular expression it becomes hard to remember and manage to numerous signs and sub patterns.
create-regex
allows you to write regex in code like approche while also reducing the burden of some boilerplate actions.
It also encourges the usage of regex named groups, which make the matching part of the regex much simpler.
Simple to use
// import the regex factory const RegExpFactory = ; // The regex factory assit you in creating the regex instance const regexFactory = ; // Now by using the `create` method you create the regex instance // For more advanced usage go to the `API` section const yourRegex = regexFactory; /* Prodcues the following regex: /(?:(?:(?<digits>\d+))|(?:(?<words>\w+))|(?:(?<else>[\s\S]+)))/gm Try it with the following string (we higly recommend to using the site `regex101`) */ const str = '121212ababa...{}'; let match; while match = regex !== null // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if matchindex === regexlastIndex regexlastIndex++; Object; //It should produce the following output /* Found match, group digits: 121212 Found match, group words: ababa Found match, group else: ...{} */
API
The API is very simple and yet powerfull. The factory accepts mixins that you will be able use during create
const regexFactory = mixins: stringSigns: `'`'"'"'" RegExp : RegExp // <-- you can overide the regex used internally ; // Let's say we want to match quoted number and digits // Really quoted with the same string sign from both sides regexFactory; /* Produces the following regex: /(?:(?:(?<digits>(?:(?:'\d+')|(?:"\d+")|(?:'\d+'))))|(?:(?<words>(?:(?:'\w+')|(?:"\w+")|(?:'\w+'))))|(?:(?<else>[\s\S]+)))/gm */