regex-friendly/dist/advanced.d.ts

Readable regex transformations, validations, and utilities with both static and chainable API.

/** Advanced pattern helpers and small builders. */
export declare const advanced: {
    /** Positive lookahead fragment */
    lookahead: (pattern: string) => string;
    /** Negative lookahead fragment */
    negativeLookahead: (pattern: string) => string;
    /** Positive lookbehind fragment */
    lookbehind: (pattern: string) => string;
    /** Negative lookbehind fragment */
    negativeLookbehind: (pattern: string) => string;
    /** Wrap as a non-capturing group */
    nonCapturing: (pattern: string) => string;
    /** Named capturing group */
    namedGroup: (name: string, pattern: string) => string;
    /** Either/or */
    or: (...patterns: string[]) => string;
    /** Character class any-of */
    anyOf: (chars: string) => string;
    /** Character class none-of */
    noneOf: (chars: string) => string;
    /** Repeat {n} or {min,max} */
    repeat: (pattern: string, min: number, max?: number, lazy?: boolean) => string;
    /** Optional */
    optional: (pattern: string, lazy?: boolean) => string;
    /** One or more */
    oneOrMore: (pattern: string, lazy?: boolean) => string;
    /** Zero or more */
    zeroOrMore: (pattern: string, lazy?: boolean) => string;
    /** Anchors */
    startsWith: (pattern: string) => RegExp;
    endsWith: (pattern: string) => RegExp;
    /** Word boundary wrappers */
    word: (pattern: string) => RegExp;
    notWordBoundary: () => RegExp;
    /** Build a RegExp with flags from a source string */
    build: (source: string, flags?: string) => RegExp;
};