utils4js/regex.js

Various utility functions for JavaScript.

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(function () {
    'use strict';

    var RegExUtils = (function () {
        function RegExUtils() { }
        
        /**
         * @see {@link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1707299/how-to-extract-a-string-using-javascript-regex|Stack Overflow}
         */
        RegExUtils.extractStringUsingJavaScriptRegEx = function (content, rx) {
            var arr = content.match(rx) || [""]; // could also use null for empty value
            return arr[0];
        };
        
        return RegExUtils;
    }());

    if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
        module.exports = RegExUtils;
    } else {
        window.RegExUtils = RegExUtils;
    }

}());