[Bostonphptalk] long reg exs in javascript

[Joshua Johnston]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Joshua Johnston
<johnston.joshua at gmail.com> wrote:

> IIRC you can do something like

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> var pattern = 'xxxx|xxxx|xx';

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> pattern += 'xxx|xxxxxx|xxx';

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> var regex = new RegExp(pattern);

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EDIT:  You have to put the / in your string also like "/pattern/modifier"



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> the // syntax just instances a new RegExp instance

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> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Kenneth Downs <ken at secdat.com> wrote:

>> Is there a way to build regexp's as strings in javascript?

>>

>> list = 'xxxxxx|xxx|xx| and on an on...

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>> list2 = 'xxx|xxx|'  and on and on

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>> regexp = '/   ?put my string in here somethow?

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