@dpatt/delimiterized-regex-builder/dist/index.js

Generate a regex from an array of strings to match all of the strings in order, separated by a delimiter.

"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
exports.generateRegexFromArray = exports.DelimiterEnum = exports.escapeRegExp = void 0;
/**
 * Escape special characters in a string to use in a regular expression
 * @param string
 * @returns string with escaped characters
 */
function escapeRegExp(string) {
    return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/gi, "\\$&");
}
exports.escapeRegExp = escapeRegExp;
var DelimiterEnum;
(function (DelimiterEnum) {
    DelimiterEnum["wildcards"] = ".*";
    DelimiterEnum["whitespace"] = "[\\s\\n]+";
    DelimiterEnum["or"] = "|";
})(DelimiterEnum || (exports.DelimiterEnum = DelimiterEnum = {}));
/**
 * Generate a regex from an array of strings to match all of the strings, in order, separated by a delimiter
 * @param array
 * @param delimiter - the delimiter to use between the strings. Defaults to whitespace
 * @returns regex
 */
function generateRegexFromArray(array, delimiter = DelimiterEnum.whitespace) {
    return new RegExp(array
        .map((item) => escapeRegExp(item.trim()))
        .join(delimiter)
        .trim(), "si");
}
exports.generateRegexFromArray = generateRegexFromArray;