regexp2json

Return a JSON representation of a regular expression.

Usage

var regexp2json = require( '@stdlib/regexp/to-json' );

regexp2json( regexp )

Returns a JSON representation of a regular expression.

var json = regexp2json( /ab+c/ );
/* returns
    {
        'type': 'RegExp',
        'pattern': 'ab+c',
        'flags': ''
    }
*/

The returned object has the following properties:

• type: value type. The assigned value is always 'RegExp'.
• pattern: regular expression pattern.
• flags: regular expression flags.

Examples

var regexp2json = require( '@stdlib/regexp/to-json' );

var out = regexp2json( /.*/ );
/* returns
    {
        'type': 'RegExp',
        'pattern': '.*',
        'flags': ''
    }
*/

out = regexp2json( /ab+c/g );
/* returns
    {
        'type': 'RegExp',
        'pattern': 'ab+c',
        'flags': 'g'
    }
*/

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See Also

• @stdlib/regexp/reviver: revive a JSON-serialized regular expression.