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- # regexpu-core [](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/regexpu-core/actions?query=workflow%3Arun-checks) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/regexpu-core)
- _regexpu_ is a source code transpiler that enables the use of ES2015 Unicode regular expressions in JavaScript-of-today (ES5).
- _regexpu-core_ contains _regexpu_’s core functionality, i.e. `rewritePattern(pattern, flag)`, which enables rewriting regular expressions that make use of [the ES2015 `u` flag](https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/es6-unicode-regex) into equivalent ES5-compatible regular expression patterns.
- ## Installation
- To use _regexpu-core_ programmatically, install it as a dependency via [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
- ```bash
- npm install regexpu-core --save
- ```
- Then, `require` it:
- ```js
- const rewritePattern = require('regexpu-core');
- ```
- ## API
- This module exports a single function named `rewritePattern`.
- ### `rewritePattern(pattern, flags, options)`
- This function takes a string that represents a regular expression pattern as well as a string representing its flags, and returns an ES5-compatible version of the pattern.
- ```js
- rewritePattern('foo.bar', 'u', { unicodeFlag: "transform" });
- // → 'foo(?:[\\0-\\t\\x0B\\f\\x0E-\\u2027\\u202A-\\uD7FF\\uDC00-\\uFFFF]|[\\uD800-\\uDBFF][\\uDC00-\\uDFFF]|[\\uD800-\\uDBFF])bar'
- rewritePattern('[\\u{1D306}-\\u{1D308}a-z]', 'u', { unicodeFlag: "transform" });
- // → '(?:[a-z]|\\uD834[\\uDF06-\\uDF08])'
- rewritePattern('[\\u{1D306}-\\u{1D308}a-z]', 'ui', { unicodeFlag: "transform" });
- // → '(?:[a-z\\u017F\\u212A]|\\uD834[\\uDF06-\\uDF08])'
- ```
- _regexpu-core_ can rewrite non-ES6 regular expressions too, which is useful to demonstrate how their behavior changes once the `u` and `i` flags are added:
- ```js
- // In ES5, the dot operator only matches BMP symbols:
- rewritePattern('foo.bar', '', { unicodeFlag: "transform" });
- // → 'foo(?:[\\0-\\t\\x0B\\f\\x0E-\\u2027\\u202A-\\uFFFF])bar'
- // But with the ES2015 `u` flag, it matches astral symbols too:
- rewritePattern('foo.bar', 'u', { unicodeFlag: "transform" });
- // → 'foo(?:[\\0-\\t\\x0B\\f\\x0E-\\u2027\\u202A-\\uD7FF\\uDC00-\\uFFFF]|[\\uD800-\\uDBFF][\\uDC00-\\uDFFF]|[\\uD800-\\uDBFF])bar'
- ```
- The optional `options` argument recognizes the following properties:
- #### Stable regular expression features
- These options can be set to `false` or `'transform'`. When using `'transform'`, the corresponding features are compiled to older syntax that can run in older browsers. When using `false` (the default), they are not compiled and they can be relied upon to compile more modern features.
- - `unicodeFlag` - The `u` flag, enabling support for Unicode code point escapes in the form `\u{...}`.
- ```js
- rewritePattern('\\u{ab}', '', {
- unicodeFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '\\u{ab}'
- rewritePattern('\\u{ab}', 'u', {
- unicodeFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '\\xAB'
- ```
- - `dotAllFlag` - The [`s` (`dotAll`) flag](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/es-regexp-dotall-flag).
- ```js
- rewritePattern('.', '', {
- dotAllFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '[\\0-\\t\\x0B\\f\\x0E-\\u2027\\u202A-\\uFFFF]'
- rewritePattern('.', 's', {
- dotAllFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '[\\0-\\uFFFF]'
- rewritePattern('.', 'su', {
- dotAllFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '(?:[\\0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFF]|[\\uD800-\\uDBFF][\\uDC00-\\uDFFF]|[\\uD800-\\uDBFF](?![\\uDC00-\\uDFFF])|(?:[^\\uD800-\\uDBFF]|^)[\\uDC00-\\uDFFF])'
- ```
- - `unicodePropertyEscapes` - [Unicode property escapes](property-escapes.md).
- By default they are compiled to Unicode code point escapes of the form `\u{...}`. If the `unicodeFlag` option is set to `'transform'` they often result in larger output, although there are cases (such as `\p{Lu}`) where it actually _decreases_ the output size.
- ```js
- rewritePattern('\\p{Script_Extensions=Anatolian_Hieroglyphs}', 'u', {
- unicodePropertyEscapes: 'transform'
- });
- // → '[\\u{14400}-\\u{14646}]'
- rewritePattern('\\p{Script_Extensions=Anatolian_Hieroglyphs}', 'u', {
- unicodeFlag: 'transform',
- unicodePropertyEscapes: 'transform'
- });
- // → '(?:\\uD811[\\uDC00-\\uDE46])'
- ```
- - `namedGroups` - [Named capture groups](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-regexp-named-groups).
- ```js
- rewritePattern('(?<name>.)\\k<name>', '', {
- namedGroups: 'transform'
- });
- // → '(.)\1'
- ```
- - `unicodeSetsFlag` - [The `v` (`unicodeSets`) flag](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-regexp-set-notation)
- ```js
- rewritePattern('[\\p{Emoji}&&\\p{ASCII}]', 'v', {
- unicodeSetsFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '[#\\*0-9]'
- ```
- By default, patterns with the `v` flag are transformed to patterns with the `u` flag. If you want to downlevel them more you can set the `unicodeFlag: 'transform'` option.
- ```js
- rewritePattern('[^[a-h]&&[f-z]]', 'v', {
- unicodeSetsFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '[^f-h]' (to be used with /u)
- ```
- ```js
- rewritePattern('[^[a-h]&&[f-z]]', 'v', {
- unicodeSetsFlag: 'transform',
- unicodeFlag: 'transform'
- });
- // → '(?:(?![f-h])[\s\S])' (to be used without /u)
- ```
- - `modifiers` - [Inline `i`/`m`/`s` modifiers](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-regexp-modifiers)
- ```js
- rewritePattern('(?i:[a-z])[a-z]', '', {
- modifiers: 'transform'
- });
- // → '(?:[a-zA-Z])([a-z])'
- ```
- #### Experimental regular expression features
- These options can be set to `false`, `'parse'` and `'transform'`. When using `'transform'`, the corresponding features are compiled to older syntax that can run in older browsers. When using `'parse'`, they are parsed and left as-is in the output pattern. When using `false` (the default), they result in a syntax error if used.
- Once these features become stable (when the proposals are accepted as part of ECMAScript), they will be parsed by default and thus `'parse'` will behave like `false`.
- #### Miscellaneous options
- - `onNamedGroup`
- This option is a function that gets called when a named capture group is found. It receives two parameters:
- the name of the group, and its index.
- ```js
- rewritePattern('(?<name>.)\\k<name>', '', {
- onNamedGroup(name, index) {
- console.log(name, index);
- // → 'name', 1
- }
- });
- ```
- - `onNewFlags`
- This option is a function that gets called to pass the flags that the resulting pattern must be interpreted with.
- ```js
- rewritePattern('abc', 'um', '', {
- unicodeFlag: 'transform',
- onNewFlags(flags) {
- console.log(flags);
- // → 'm'
- }
- })
- ```
- ### Caveats
- - [Lookbehind assertions](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-regexp-lookbehind) cannot be transformed to older syntax.
- - When using `namedGroups: 'transform'`, _regexpu-core_ only takes care of the _syntax_: you will still need a runtime wrapper around the regular expression to populate the `.groups` property of `RegExp.prototype.match()`'s result. If you are using _regexpu-core_ via Babel, it's handled automatically.
- ## For maintainers
- ### How to publish a new release
- 1. On the `main` branch, bump the version number in `package.json`:
- ```sh
- npm version patch -m 'Release v%s'
- ```
- Instead of `patch`, use `minor` or `major` [as needed](https://semver.org/).
- Note that this produces a Git commit + tag.
- 1. Push the release commit and tag:
- ```sh
- git push --follow-tags
- ```
- Our CI then automatically publishes the new release to npm.
- 1. Once the release has been published to npm, update [`regexpu`](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/regexpu) to make use of it, and [cut a new release of `regexpu` as well](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/regexpu#how-to-publish-a-new-release).
- ## Author
- | [](https://twitter.com/mathias "Follow @mathias on Twitter") |
- |---|
- | [Mathias Bynens](https://mathiasbynens.be/) |
- ## License
- _regexpu-core_ is available under the [MIT](https://mths.be/mit) license.
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