I'm trying to test a little regex pattern on a string array. When I use the pattern directly with test function, it works correctly. But when I use the pattern as a constant variable, it doesn't work anymore.
Can someone explain what's wrong with my code ? Or how can I correct this ?
Thanks :)
const strArray = ['(', 'ATT1', 'VARCHAR2', ')'];
const testingWord = (pString: string) => /^[^;() ]+$/g.test(pString);
strArray.map((word) => {
console.log(word, testingWord(word));
});
// RESULT
// ( false
// ATT1 true
// VARCHAR2 true
// ) false
const PATTERN_WORD = /^[^;() ]+$/g;
const test = (pString: string) => PATTERN_WORD.test(pString);
strArray.map((word) => {
console.log(word, testingWord(word));
});
// RESULT
// ( false
// ATT1 true
// VARCHAR2 false <-- this should be true
// ) false
You've just discovered why using the g flag in regexes can be problematic.
The RegExp object has a property - lastIndex. Which is set when the object is used to match (or test) a string if the y or g flags are used.
This property is used when determining where to start matching, so if it isn't 0, your regex might miss some properties.
Since you are only using this regex with .test, get rid of the g flag. It won't change the behavior of the regex.
const PATTERN_WORD = /^[^;() ]+$/; // <-- here
const test = (pString: string) => PATTERN_WORD.test(pString);
strArray.map((word) => {
console.log(word, testingWord(word));
});
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