Question

I have a regexp in JavaScript:

new RegExp('(?:^|\\b|\\s)' + this.options.token + '([\\w.]*)$');

The problem is that this only triggers on a-e, A-E, on space etc, not “.”, “[“, “/” etc as well.
How can I extend this regexp to include these characters as well?

Answer 1

You just need to add them:

new RegExp('(?:^|\\b|\\s|\\.|\\[|\\/)' + this.options.token + '([\\w.]*)$');

And so on…

This breaks down as:

<start of line> or <word boundary> or <whitespace> or . or [ or /

Which should hopefully do what you want.