I denne vejledning lærer du om JavaScript-regulære udtryk (Regex) ved hjælp af eksempler.
I JavaScript, en Reg ular Ex pression (RegEx) er et objekt, som beskriver en sekvens af tegn anvendes til at definere et søgemønster. For eksempel,
/ a… s $ /
Ovenstående kode definerer et RegEx-mønster. Mønsteret er: enhver streng på fem bogstaver, der starter med a
og slutter med s
.
Et mønster defineret ved hjælp af RegEx kan bruges til at matche mod en streng.
Udtryk | Snor | Matchet? |
---|---|---|
/^a… s$/ | abs | Intet match |
alias | Match | |
abyss | Match | |
Alias | Intet match | |
An abacus | Intet match |
Opret en RegEx
Der er to måder, du kan oprette et regulært udtryk i JavaScript på.
- Brug af et regulært udtryk bogstaveligt:
Det regulære udtryk består af et mønster, der er lukket mellem skråstreg/
. For eksempel,cost regularExp = /abc/;
/abc/
er et regelmæssigt udtryk. - Brug af
RegExp()
konstruktorfunktionen :
Du kan også oprette et regulært udtryk ved at ringe tilRegExp()
konstruktorfunktionen. For eksempel,const reguarExp = new RegExp('abc');
For eksempel,
const regex = new RegExp(/^a… s$/); console.log(regex.test('alias')); // true
I eksemplet ovenfor alias
matcher strengen med RegEx-mønsteret /^a… s$/
. Her test()
bruges metoden til at kontrollere, om strengen matcher mønsteret.
Der er flere andre metoder til rådighed til brug med JavaScript RegEx. Lad os lære om regulære udtryk selv, før vi udforsker dem.
Hvis du allerede kender det grundlæggende i RegEx, skal du springe til JavaScript RegEx-metoder.
Angiv mønster ved hjælp af RegEx
For at specificere regulære udtryk anvendes metategn. I ovenstående eksempel ( /^a… s$/
) ^
og $
er metategn.
Metakarakterer
Metategn er tegn, der fortolkes på en speciel måde af en RegEx-motor. Her er en liste over metategn:
(). $ * +? () () |
()
- Firkantede parenteser
Firkantede parenteser angiver et sæt tegn, du vil matche.
Udtryk | Snor | Matchet? |
---|---|---|
(abc) | a | 1 kamp |
ac | 2 kampe | |
Hey Jude | Intet match | |
abc de ca | 5 kampe |
Her (abc)
vil matche, hvis strengen, du prøver at matche, indeholder noget af a
, b
eller c
.
Du kan også angive en række tegn ved hjælp af -
firkantede parenteser.
(a-e)
er det samme som (abcde)
.
(1-4)
er det samme som (1234)
.
(0-39)
er det samme som (01239)
.
Du kan supplere (invertere) tegnsættet ved hjælp af caret- ^
symbolet i starten af en firkantet parentes.
(^abc)
means any character except a
or b
or c
.
(^0-9)
means any non-digit character.
.
- Period
A period matches any single character (except newline ''
).
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
… | a | No match |
ac | 1 match | |
acd | 1 match | |
acde | 2 matches (contains 4 characters) |
^
- Caret
The caret symbol ^
is used to check if a string starts with a certain character.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
^a | a | 1 match |
abc | 1 match | |
bac | No match | |
^ab | abc | 1 match |
acb | No match (starts with a but not followed by b ) |
$
- Dollar
The dollar symbol $
is used to check if a string ends with a certain character.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
a$ | a | 1 match |
formula | 1 match | |
cab | No match |
*
- Star
The star symbol *
matches zero or more occurrences of the pattern left to it.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
ma*n | mn | 1 match |
man | 1 match | |
mann | 1 match | |
main | No match (a is not followed by n ) |
|
woman | 1 match |
+
- Plus
The plus symbol +
matches one or more occurrences of the pattern left to it.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
ma+n | mn | No match (no a character) |
man | 1 match | |
mann | 1 match | |
main | No match (a is not followed by n ) |
|
woman | 1 match |
?
- Question Mark
The question mark symbol ?
matches zero or one occurrence of the pattern left to it.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
ma?n | mn | 1 match |
man | 1 match | |
mann | No match (more than one n character) |
|
main | No match (a is not followed by n ) |
|
woman | 1 match |
()
- Braces
Consider this code: (n,m)
. This means at least n
, and at most m
repetitions of the pattern left to it.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
a(2,3) | abc dat | No match |
abc daat | 1 match (at daat ) |
|
aabc daaat | 2 matches (at aabc and daaat ) |
|
aabc daaaat | 2 matches (at aabc and daaaat ) |
Let's try one more example. This RegEx (0-9)(2, 4)
matches at least 2 digits but not more than 4 digits.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
(0-9)(2,4) | ab123csde | 1 match (match at ab123csde ) |
12 and 345673 | 3 matches (12 , 3456 , 73 ) |
|
1 and 2 | No match |
|
- Alternation
Vertical bar |
is used for alternation (or
operator).
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
a|b | cde | No match |
ade | 1 match (match at ade ) |
|
acdbea | 3 matches (at acdbea ) |
Here, a|b
match any string that contains either a
or b
()
- Group
Parentheses ()
is used to group sub-patterns. For example, (a|b|c)xz
match any string that matches either a
or b
or c
followed by xz
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
(a|b|c)xz | ab xz | No match |
abxz | 1 match (match at abxz ) |
|
axz cabxz | 2 matches (at axzbc cabxz ) |
- Backslash
Backslash is used to escape various characters including all metacharacters. For example,
$a
match if a string contains $
followed by a
. Here, $
is not interpreted by a RegEx engine in a special way.
If you are unsure if a character has special meaning or not, you can put in front of it. This makes sure the character is not treated in a special way.
Special Sequences
Special sequences make commonly used patterns easier to write. Here's a list of special sequences:
A
- Matches if the specified characters are at the start of a string.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
Athe | the sun | Match |
In the sun | No match |
- Matches if the specified characters are at the beginning or end of a word.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
foo | football | Match |
a football | Match | |
foo | a football | No match |
the foo | Match | |
the afoo test | Match | |
the afootest | No match |
B
- Opposite of . Matches if the specified characters are not at the beginning or end of a word.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
Bfoo | football | No match |
a football | No match | |
fooB | a football | Match |
the foo | No match | |
the afoo test | No match | |
the afootest | Match |
d
- Matches any decimal digit. Equivalent to (0-9)
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
d | 12abc3 | 3 matches (at 12abc3 ) |
JavaScript | No match |
D
- Matches any non-decimal digit. Equivalent to (^0-9)
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
D | 1ab34"50 | 3 matches (at 1ab34"50 ) |
1345 | No match |
s
- Matches where a string contains any whitespace character. Equivalent to ( fv)
.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
s | JavaScript RegEx | 1 match |
JavaScriptRegEx | No match |
S
- Matches where a string contains any non-whitespace character. Equivalent to (fv)
.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
S | a b | 2 matches (at a b ) |
No match |
w
- Matches any alphanumeric character (digits and alphabets). Equivalent to (a-zA-Z0-9_)
. By the way, underscore _
is also considered an alphanumeric character.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
w | 12&": ;c | 3 matches (at 12&": ;c ) |
%"> ! | No match |
W
- Matches any non-alphanumeric character. Equivalent to (^a-zA-Z0-9_)
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
W | 1a2%c | 1 match (at 1a2%c ) |
JavaScript | No match |
- Matches if the specified characters are at the end of a string.
Expression | String | Matched? |
---|---|---|
JavaScript | I like JavaScript | 1 match |
I like JavaScript Programming | No match | |
JavaScript is fun | No match |
Tip: To build and test regular expressions, you can use RegEx tester tools such as regex101. This tool not only helps you in creating regular expressions, but it also helps you learn it.
Now you understand the basics of RegEx, let's discuss how to use RegEx in your JavaScript code.
JavaScript Regular Expression Methods
As mentioned above, you can either use RegExp()
or regular expression literal to create a RegEx in JavaScript.
const regex1 = /^ab/; const regex2 = new Regexp('/^ab/');
In JavaScript, you can use regular expressions with RegExp()
methods: test()
and exec()
.
There are also some string methods that allow you to pass RegEx as its parameter. They are: match()
, replace()
, search()
, and split()
.
Method | Description |
---|---|
exec() | Executes a search for a match in a string and returns an array of information. It returns null on a mismatch. |
test() | Tests for a match in a string and returns true or false. |
match() | Returns an array containing all the matches. It returns null on a mismatch. |
matchAll() | Returns an iterator containing all of the matches. |
search() | Tests for a match in a string and returns the index of the match. It returns -1 if the search fails. |
replace() | Søger efter et match i en streng og erstatter det matchede substring med et erstatningssubstring. |
split() | Opdel en streng i en række understrenge. |
Eksempel 1: Regulære udtryk
const string = 'Find me'; const pattern = /me/; // search if the pattern is in string variable const result1 = string.search(pattern); console.log(result1); // 5 // replace the character with another character const string1 = 'Find me'; string1.replace(pattern, 'found you'); // Find found you // splitting strings into array elements const regex1 = /(s,)+/; const result2 = 'Hello world! '.split(regex1); console.log(result2); // ("I", "am", "learning", "JavaScript", "RegEx") // searching the phone number pattern const regex2 = /(d(3))D(d(3))-(d(4))/g; const result3 = regex2.exec('My phone number is: 555 123-4567.'); console.log(result3); // ("555 123-4567", "555", "123", "4567")
Regular Expression Flag
Flag bruges med regulære udtryk, der tillader forskellige muligheder såsom global søgning, store og små bogstaver osv. De kan bruges separat eller sammen.
Flag | Beskrivelse |
---|---|
g | Udfører en global match (find alle matches) |
m | Udfører flerlinjekamp |
i | Udfører store og små bogstaver |
Eksempel 2: Modifikator for regulært udtryk
const string = 'Hello hello hello'; // performing a replacement const result1 = string.replace(/hello/, 'world'); console.log(result1); // Hello world hello // performing global replacement const result2 = string.replace(/hello/g, 'world'); console.log(result2); // Hello world world // performing case-insensitive replacement const result3 = string.replace(/hello/i, 'world'); console.log(result3); // world hello hello // performing global case-insensitive replacement const result4 = string.replace(/hello/gi, 'world'); console.log(result4); // world world world
Eksempel 3: Validering af telefonnummeret
// program to validate the phone number function validatePhone(num) ( // regex pattern for phone number const re = /^(?((0-9)(3)))?(-. )?((0-9)(3))(-. )?((0-9)(4))$/g; // check if the phone number is valid let result = num.match(re); if (result) ( console.log('The number is valid.'); ) else ( let num = prompt('Enter number in XXX-XXX-XXXX format:'); validatePhone(num); ) ) // take input let number = prompt('Enter a number XXX-XXX-XXXX'); validatePhone(number);
Produktion
Indtast et nummer XXX-XXX-XXXX: 2343223432 Indtast nummer i XXX-XXX-XXXX-format: 234-322-3432 Nummeret er gyldigt
Eksempel 4: Validering af e-mail-adressen
// program to validate the email address function validateEmail(email) ( // regex pattern for email const re = /S+@S+.S+/g; // check if the email is valid let result = re.test(email); if (result) ( console.log('The email is valid.'); ) else ( let newEmail = prompt('Enter a valid email:'); validateEmail(newEmail); ) ) // take input let email = prompt('Enter an email: '); validateEmail(email);
Produktion
Indtast en e-mail: hellohello Indtast en gyldig e-mail: [email protected] E-mailen er gyldig.