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Pass two numbers, get a regex-compatible source string for matching ranges. Fast compiler, optimized regex, and validated against more than 2.78 million test assertions. Useful for creating regular expressions to validate numbers, ranges, years, etc.
https://github.com/micromatch/to-regex-range
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Pass two numbers, get a regex-compatible source string for matching ranges. Fast compiler, optimized regex, and validated against more than 2.78 million test assertions. Useful for creating regular expressions to validate numbers, ranges, years, etc.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/micromatch/to-regex-range
- Owner: micromatch
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-08-07T10:48:45.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-08-01T09:45:24.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-18T12:20:04.687Z (16 days ago)
- Topics: character-class, expand, integers, javascript, match, matcher, matching, node, nodejs, number, numbers, padding, range, range-expansion, regex, regex-range, regular-expression, repeat, tidelift
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://github.com/jonschlinkert
- Size: 73.2 KB
- Stars: 161
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 19
- Open Issues: 8
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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> Pass two numbers, get a regex-compatible source string for matching ranges. Validated against more than 2.78 million test assertions.
Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save to-regex-range
```
What does this do?
This libary generates the `source` string to be passed to `new RegExp()` for matching a range of numbers.
**Example**
```js
const toRegexRange = require('to-regex-range');
const regex = new RegExp(toRegexRange('15', '95'));
```
A string is returned so that you can do whatever you need with it before passing it to `new RegExp()` (like adding `^` or `$` boundaries, defining flags, or combining it another string).
Why use this library?
### Convenience
Creating regular expressions for matching numbers gets deceptively complicated pretty fast.
For example, let's say you need a validation regex for matching part of a user-id, postal code, social security number, tax id, etc:
* regex for matching `1` => `/1/` (easy enough)
* regex for matching `1` through `5` => `/[1-5]/` (not bad...)
* regex for matching `1` or `5` => `/(1|5)/` (still easy...)
* regex for matching `1` through `50` => `/([1-9]|[1-4][0-9]|50)/` (uh-oh...)
* regex for matching `1` through `55` => `/([1-9]|[1-4][0-9]|5[0-5])/` (no prob, I can do this...)
* regex for matching `1` through `555` => `/([1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-4][0-9]{2}|5[0-4][0-9]|55[0-5])/` (maybe not...)
* regex for matching `0001` through `5555` => `/(0{3}[1-9]|0{2}[1-9][0-9]|0[1-9][0-9]{2}|[1-4][0-9]{3}|5[0-4][0-9]{2}|55[0-4][0-9]|555[0-5])/` (okay, I get the point!)
The numbers are contrived, but they're also really basic. In the real world you might need to generate a regex on-the-fly for validation.
**Learn more**
If you're interested in learning more about [character classes](http://www.regular-expressions.info/charclass.html) and other regex features, I personally have always found [regular-expressions.info](http://www.regular-expressions.info/charclass.html) to be pretty useful.
### Heavily tested
As of April 07, 2019, this library runs [>1m test assertions](./test/test.js) against generated regex-ranges to provide brute-force verification that results are correct.
Tests run in ~280ms on my MacBook Pro, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7.
### Optimized
Generated regular expressions are optimized:
* duplicate sequences and character classes are reduced using quantifiers
* smart enough to use `?` conditionals when number(s) or range(s) can be positive or negative
* uses fragment caching to avoid processing the same exact string more than once
## Usage
Add this library to your javascript application with the following line of code
```js
const toRegexRange = require('to-regex-range');
```
The main export is a function that takes two integers: the `min` value and `max` value (formatted as strings or numbers).
```js
const source = toRegexRange('15', '95');
//=> 1[5-9]|[2-8][0-9]|9[0-5]
const regex = new RegExp(`^${source}$`);
console.log(regex.test('14')); //=> false
console.log(regex.test('50')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('94')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('96')); //=> false
```
## Options
### options.capture
**Type**: `boolean`
**Deafault**: `undefined`
Wrap the returned value in parentheses when there is more than one regex condition. Useful when you're dynamically generating ranges.
```js
console.log(toRegexRange('-10', '10'));
//=> -[1-9]|-?10|[0-9]
console.log(toRegexRange('-10', '10', { capture: true }));
//=> (-[1-9]|-?10|[0-9])
```
### options.shorthand
**Type**: `boolean`
**Deafault**: `undefined`
Use the regex shorthand for `[0-9]`:
```js
console.log(toRegexRange('0', '999999'));
//=> [0-9]|[1-9][0-9]{1,5}
console.log(toRegexRange('0', '999999', { shorthand: true }));
//=> \d|[1-9]\d{1,5}
```
### options.relaxZeros
**Type**: `boolean`
**Default**: `true`
This option relaxes matching for leading zeros when when ranges are zero-padded.
```js
const source = toRegexRange('-0010', '0010');
const regex = new RegExp(`^${source}$`);
console.log(regex.test('-10')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('-010')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('-0010')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('10')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('010')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('0010')); //=> true
```
When `relaxZeros` is false, matching is strict:
```js
const source = toRegexRange('-0010', '0010', { relaxZeros: false });
const regex = new RegExp(`^${source}$`);
console.log(regex.test('-10')); //=> false
console.log(regex.test('-010')); //=> false
console.log(regex.test('-0010')); //=> true
console.log(regex.test('10')); //=> false
console.log(regex.test('010')); //=> false
console.log(regex.test('0010')); //=> true
```
## Examples
| **Range** | **Result** | **Compile time** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `toRegexRange(-10, 10)` | `-[1-9]\|-?10\|[0-9]` | _132μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(-100, -10)` | `-1[0-9]\|-[2-9][0-9]\|-100` | _50μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(-100, 100)` | `-[1-9]\|-?[1-9][0-9]\|-?100\|[0-9]` | _42μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(001, 100)` | `0{0,2}[1-9]\|0?[1-9][0-9]\|100` | _109μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(001, 555)` | `0{0,2}[1-9]\|0?[1-9][0-9]\|[1-4][0-9]{2}\|5[0-4][0-9]\|55[0-5]` | _51μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(0010, 1000)` | `0{0,2}1[0-9]\|0{0,2}[2-9][0-9]\|0?[1-9][0-9]{2}\|1000` | _31μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 50)` | `[1-9]\|[1-4][0-9]\|50` | _24μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 55)` | `[1-9]\|[1-4][0-9]\|5[0-5]` | _23μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 555)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]\|[1-4][0-9]{2}\|5[0-4][0-9]\|55[0-5]` | _30μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 5555)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]{1,2}\|[1-4][0-9]{3}\|5[0-4][0-9]{2}\|55[0-4][0-9]\|555[0-5]` | _43μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(111, 555)` | `11[1-9]\|1[2-9][0-9]\|[2-4][0-9]{2}\|5[0-4][0-9]\|55[0-5]` | _38μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(29, 51)` | `29\|[34][0-9]\|5[01]` | _24μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(31, 877)` | `3[1-9]\|[4-9][0-9]\|[1-7][0-9]{2}\|8[0-6][0-9]\|87[0-7]` | _32μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(5, 5)` | `5` | _8μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(5, 6)` | `5\|6` | _11μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 2)` | `1\|2` | _6μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 5)` | `[1-5]` | _15μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 10)` | `[1-9]\|10` | _22μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 100)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]\|100` | _25μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 1000)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]{1,2}\|1000` | _31μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 10000)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]{1,3}\|10000` | _34μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 100000)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]{1,4}\|100000` | _36μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 1000000)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]{1,5}\|1000000` | _42μs_ |
| `toRegexRange(1, 10000000)` | `[1-9]\|[1-9][0-9]{1,6}\|10000000` | _42μs_ |
## Heads up!
**Order of arguments**
When the `min` is larger than the `max`, values will be flipped to create a valid range:
```js
toRegexRange('51', '29');
```
Is effectively flipped to:
```js
toRegexRange('29', '51');
//=> 29|[3-4][0-9]|5[0-1]
```
**Steps / increments**
This library does not support steps (increments). A pr to add support would be welcome.
## History
### v2.0.0 - 2017-04-21
**New features**
Adds support for zero-padding!
### v1.0.0
**Optimizations**
Repeating ranges are now grouped using quantifiers. rocessing time is roughly the same, but the generated regex is much smaller, which should result in faster matching.
## Attribution
Inspired by the python library [range-regex](https://github.com/dimka665/range-regex).
## About
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
Running Tests
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
Building docs
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### Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
* [expand-range](https://www.npmjs.com/package/expand-range): Fast, bash-like range expansion. Expand a range of numbers or letters, uppercase or lowercase. Used… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-range) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-range "Fast, bash-like range expansion. Expand a range of numbers or letters, uppercase or lowercase. Used by micromatch.")
* [fill-range](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fill-range): Fill in a range of numbers or letters, optionally passing an increment or `step` to… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fill-range) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fill-range "Fill in a range of numbers or letters, optionally passing an increment or `step` to use, or create a regex-compatible range with `options.toRegex`")
* [micromatch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch): Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. | [homepage](https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch "Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch.")
* [repeat-element](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-element): Create an array by repeating the given value n times. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-element "Create an array by repeating the given value n times.")
* [repeat-string](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-string): Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-string "Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string.")
### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** |
| --- | --- |
| 63 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 3 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
| 2 | [realityking](https://github.com/realityking) |
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
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### License
Copyright © 2019, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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