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Hendrik
Hendrik

Reputation: 4929

Match a special utf8 character regex

How Do I match a special sign in regex?

– is not the same as -; – is longer and seems to have a different character code

I did not think of testing for the special character.

Example string I need to check:

Testshop – Best fan ware | Example shop

Should return

Testshop

The regex I use:

/[^\|\-\;\–]*/

However it does not return the correct result. The problem is the – character.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 69

Answers (1)

falsetru
falsetru

Reputation: 369094

\ is unnecessary except for - (dash).

>> 'Testshop – Best fan ware | Example shop'[/[^|\-;–]*/]
=> "Testshop "

If you want only alpha-numeric chracter, use \w+ (also match _):

>> 'Testshop – Best fan ware | Example shop'[/\w+/]
=> "Testshop"

Upvotes: 3

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