Super Expressive

Super Expressive is a JavaScript library that allows you to build regular expressions in almost natural language - with no extra dependencies, and a lightweight code footprint (less than 4kb with minification + gzip!).

• Why

• Installation and Usage

• Example

• API

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  • SuperExpressive()
  • .allowMultipleMatches
  • .lineByLine
  • .caseInsensitive
  • .sticky
  • .unicode
  • .singleLine
  • .anyChar
  • .whitespaceChar
  • .nonWhitespaceChar
  • .digit
  • .nonDigit
  • .word
  • .nonWord
  • .wordBoundary
  • .nonWordBoundary
  • .newline
  • .carriageReturn
  • .tab
  • .nullByte
  • .anyOf
  • .capture
  • .namedCapture(name)
  • .backreference(index)
  • .namedBackreference(index)
  • .group
  • .end()
  • .assertAhead
  • .assertNotAhead
  • .optional
  • .zeroOrMore
  • .zeroOrMoreLazy
  • .oneOrMore
  • .oneOrMoreLazy
  • .exactly(n)
  • .atLeast(n)
  • .between(x, y)
  • .betweenLazy(x, y)
  • .startOfInput
  • .endOfInput
  • .anyOfChars(chars)
  • .anythingButChars(chars)
  • .anythingButString(str)
  • .anythingButRange(a, b)
  • .string(s)
  • .char(c)
  • .range(a, b)
  • .subexpression(expr, opts)
  • .toRegexString()
  • .toRegex()

Why?

Regex is a very powerful tool, but its terse and cryptic vocabulary can make constructing and communicating them with others a challenge. Even developers who understand them well can have trouble reading their own back just a few months later! In addition, they can't be easily created and manipulated…