CFMLVerbalExpressions

• Ported from VerbalExpressions

CFMLVerbalExpressions is a CFML library that helps to construct hard regular expressions;

var regex = new VerbalExpression();

regex.startOfLine()
     .then('http')
     .maybe('s')
     .then('://')
     .maybe('www.')
     .anythingBut(' ')
     .endOfLine();

if (regex.test('https://github.com/')) {
    writeOutput('Valid URL');
} else {
    writeOutput('Invalid URL');
}

if (REFindNoCase(regex.toRegex(), 'https://github.com/') > 0) {
    writeOutput('Valid URL');
} else {
    writeOutput('Invalid URL');
}

Other Implementations

You can see other ports on VerbalExpressions.github.io.

Installation

Easiest way to install is through CommandBox:

box install VerbalExpressions

Tests

Run the tests by starting up a server and navigating to /tests/runner.cfm.

box server start port=9999
open http://localhost:9999/tests/runner.cfm

Contributing

This port of Verbal Expressions is not feature complete. Please see here for the list of required methods and submit pull requests (with tests) to add additional functionality.