re2js 1.0.0 → 1.1.0

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package/README.md CHANGED
@@ -353,6 +353,25 @@ RE2JS.compile('(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)')
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  Function support second argument `perlMode`, which work in the same way, as for `replaceAll` function
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+ ### Translating Regular Expressions
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+ The `translateRegExp()` method preprocesses a given regular expression string to ensure compatibility with RE2JS.
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+ It applies necessary transformations, such as escaping special characters, adjusting Unicode sequences, and converting named capture groups
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+ ```js
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+ import { RE2JS } from 're2js'
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+ const regexp = RE2JS.translateRegExp('(?<word>\\w+)') // '(?P<word>\\w+)'
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+ RE2JS.matches(regexp, 'hello') // true
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+ RE2JS.matches(regexp, '123') // true
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+ const unicodeRegexp = RE2JS.translateRegExp('\\u{1F600}') // '\\x{1F600}'
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+ RE2JS.matches(unicodeRegexp, '😀') // true
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+ RE2JS.matches(unicodeRegexp, '😃') // false
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+ ```
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  ### Escaping Special Characters
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  The `quote()` method returns a literal pattern string for the specified string. This can be useful if you want to search for a literal string pattern that may contain special characters
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  Some files like `CharGroup.js` and `UnicodeTables.js` is generated and should be edited in generator files
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  ```bash
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- ./tools/scripts/make_perl_groups.pl > src/CharGroup.js
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+ ./tools/scripts/make_perl_groups.pl > src/CharGroup.js
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  yarn node ./tools/scripts/genUnicodeTable.js > src/UnicodeTables.js
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  ```
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