EasyRegex

A more simplified version of regex to make it easier to read, more compact, and faster to use.

Installation

npm install easyregex

Usage

var Easy = require('easyregex');
 
var match = new Easy('From: %from/w%, message: %mes%').match('bla bla From: abc, message: bla bla');
var multimatch = new Easy('%num1/w%:%num2/w%').match('1:2 3:4 5:6', { multi: true});
 
match = {
    from: 'abc',
    message: 'bla bla'
}
 
multimatch = [
    {
        num1: 1,
        num2: 2
    }, {
        num1: 3,
        num2: 4
    },
    {
        num1: 5,
        num2: 6
    }
]

Easy

Usage

var Easy = require('easyregex');

Easy.string

Inputted string into the EasyRegex

Easy.expression()

Returns an object:

{
    expression: The RegExp created,
    variables: Array of variables in the format [name, options]
}

Easy.match(string, options)

Match the string to the easy expression, returns an object.

Options

Multi

If multi is selected, match() will return an array of match objects rather than just one.