JarCastingto-regex 
Generate a regex from a string or array of strings.
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Install
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save to-regex
Usage
var toRegex = require('to-regex');
console.log(toRegex('foo'));
//=> /^(?:foo)$/
console.log(toRegex('foo', {negate: true}));
//=> /^(?:(?:(?!^(?:foo)$).)*)$/
console.log(toRegex('foo', {contains: true}));
//=> /(?:foo)/
console.log(toRegex(['foo', 'bar'], {negate: true}));
//=> /^(?:(?:(?!^(?:(?:foo)|(?:bar))$).)*)$/
console.log(toRegex(['foo', 'bar'], {negate: true, contains: true}));
//=> /^(?:(?:(?!(?:(?:foo)|(?:bar))).)*)$/
Options
options.contains
Type: Boolean
Default: undefined
Generate a regex that will match any string that contains the given pattern. By default, regex is strict will only return true for exact matches.
var toRegex = require('to-regex');
console.log(toRegex('foo', {contains: true}));
//=> /(?:foo)/
options.negate
Type: Boolean
Default: undefined
Create a regex that will match everything except the given pattern.
var toRegex = require('to-regex');
console.log(toRegex('foo', {negate: true}));
//=> /^(?:(?:(?!^(?:foo)$).)*)$/
options.nocase
Type: Boolean
Default: undefined
Adds the i flag, to enable case-insensitive matching.
var toRegex = require('to-regex');
console.log(toRegex('foo', {nocase: true}));
//=> /^(?:foo)$/i
Alternatively you can pass the flags you want directly on options.flags.
options.flags
Type: String
Default: undefined
Define the flags you want to use on the generated regex.
var toRegex = require('to-regex');
console.log(toRegex('foo', {flags: 'gm'}));
//=> /^(?:foo)$/gm
console.log(toRegex('foo', {flags: 'gmi', nocase: true})); //<= handles redundancy
//=> /^(?:foo)$/gmi
options.cache
Type: Boolean
Default: true
Generated regex is cached based on the provided string and options. As a result, runtime compilation only happens once per pattern (as long as options are also the same), which can result in dramatic speed improvements.
This also helps with debugging, since adding options and pattern are added to the generated regex.
Disable caching
toRegex('foo', {cache: false});
options.safe
Type: Boolean
Default: undefined
Check the generated regular expression with safe-regex and throw an error if the regex is potentially unsafe.
Examples
console.log(toRegex('(x+x+)+y'));
//=> /^(?:(x+x+)+y)$/
// The following would throw an error
toRegex('(x+x+)+y', {safe: true});
About
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
Running Tests
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
$ npm install && npm test
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Author
Jon Schlinkert
License
Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.
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