1. Using Regex to Match an Exact Word Only To match an exact word in a text using regex, we use the word boundary\b. This ensures that the pattern matches the word as a whole, rather than as part of a longer word. Solution Regex : \\bword\\b Strictly speaking,“\b”matches in ...
As you can see, you pass the regular expression and the string to be parsed to the algorithm regex_match. The result of calling the function is true if there is an exact match for the regular expression; otherwise, it is false. In this case, the result is false, because regex_match o...
Returns a regex for matching IPv6 CIDR IP addresses. Type:boolean Default:false(Matches any CIDR IP address in a string) Only match an exact string. Useful withRegExp#test()to check if a string is a CIDR IP address. ip-bigint- Convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to native BigInt and vic...
Returns aRegExpfor matching URLs. Type:boolean Default:false Only match an exact string. Useful withRegExp#testto check if a string is a URL. strict Type:boolean Default:true Force URLs to start with a valid protocol orwww. If set tofalseit'll match the TLD against a list of validTLDs...
('@import url(\'foo.css\'); foo bar');//=> falseimportRegex({exact:true}).test('@import url(\'foo.css\');');//=> true'foo @import url(\'foo.css\'); bar @import url(\'bar.css\');'.match(importRegex());//=> ['@import url('foo.css');', '@import url('bar.css...
(checking anchored) stclass BOUND minlen 14 Guessing start of match in sv for REx "\b(S\.P\.E\.C\.T\.R\.E\.)\b" against "S.P .E.C.T.R.E. (Special Executive for Counter-...
Returns a regex for matching IPv6. options Type:object exact Type:boolean\ Default:false(Matches any IP address in a string) Only match an exact string. Useful withRegExp#test()to check if a string is an IP address. includeBoundaries ...
Literal matches perform an exact match for the character string given. The above example of a search for the string ‘and’ shows a literal match. You may also add case-sensitive patterns for variation of the search string. For instance, you can use the following variation to search for the...
In the example, we look for an exact match for the 'even' term. $ node exact_match.js the even matches JS regex character classesA character class defines a set of characters, any one of which can occur in an input string for a match to succeed. character_class.js...
Returns a regex for matching IPv4. ipRegex.v6(options?) Returns a regex for matching IPv6. options Type:object exact Type:boolean Default:false(Matches any IP address in a string) Only match an exact string. Useful withRegExp#test()to check if a string is an IP address. ...