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zrabzdn
zrabzdn

Reputation: 1435

RegExp in TypeScript

How can I implement RegExp in TypeScript?

My example:

var trigger = "2"
var regex = new RegExp('^[1-9]\d{0,2}$', trigger); // where I have exception in Chrome console

Upvotes: 126

Views: 462092

Answers (5)

user10997800
user10997800

Reputation:

In the simplest way you can use such this thing:

            let regex = new RegExp('(^\w+\.\w+\.\w+$)');
let result: boolean = regex.test(this.Model.infoLink);

Upvotes: 1

Navin Adhe
Navin Adhe

Reputation: 301

In TypeScript, the declaration is something like this:

const regex : RegExp = /.+\*.+/;

Using RegExp constructor:

const regex = new RegExp('.+\\*.+');

Upvotes: 27

Ari
Ari

Reputation: 1470

const regex = /myRegexp/

console.log('Hello myRegexp!'.replace(regex, 'World')) // = Hello World!

The Regex literal notation is commonly used to create new instances of RegExp

     regex needs no additional escaping
      v
/    regex   /   gm
^            ^   ^
start      end   optional modifiers

As others sugguested, you can also use the new RegExp('myRegex') constructor.
But you will have to be especially careful with escaping:

regex: 12\d45
matches: 12345
                           Extra excape because it is part of a string
                            v
const regex = new RegExp('12\\d45')
const equalRegex = /12\d45/

Upvotes: 10

sebas2day
sebas2day

Reputation: 2053

You can do just:

var regex = /^[1-9]\d{0,2}$/g
regex.test('2') // outputs true

Upvotes: 57

Niccolò Campolungo
Niccolò Campolungo

Reputation: 12042

I think you want to test your RegExp in TypeScript, so you have to do like this:

var trigger = "2",
    regexp = new RegExp('^[1-9]\d{0,2}$'),
    test = regexp.test(trigger);
alert(test + ""); // will display true

You should read MDN Reference - RegExp, the RegExp object accepts two parameters pattern and flags which is nullable(can be omitted/undefined). To test your regex you have to use the .test() method, not passing the string you want to test inside the declaration of your RegExp!

Why test + ""? Because alert() in TS accepts a string as argument, it is better to write it this way. You can try the full code here.

Upvotes: 123

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