JSVerbalExpressions

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Lookaheads and lookbehinds

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Lookaheads and [lookbehinds](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-regexp-lookbehind) are probably worth considering.

shreyasminocha

Converting existing regex pattern to VerbalExpressions?

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Hello, Can I feed a regex pattern to verbal expressions, and get back the verbal express representation?

giorgio79

Specifying names for capture groups

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Following up on go-oleg's comment on issue #17: I tried adding his suggestion to add names to capture groups. I've got something working but wanted to run my ideas past...

adam-beneschan

Functional rewrite

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I've been thinking about re-writing JSVerbalExpressions to use function composition rather than the builder-like pattern it has now. So now the README.md describes a simple example for using VerbalExpressions as...

jehna

'beginCapture' is not effect when 'or'

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`VerEx().beginCapture().find('http').or('ftp').endCapture().then(':')` i want result like /((http|ftp):)/ but /(http|ftp:)/ why?

pettything

Port to other languages

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Given the relatively small size of the VerbalExpression class and its general usefulness I feel it would be easy and helpful to port it to other languages. I see that...

akalicki

Performance tests needed

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Even if the regexes produced are optimized, it'll still be worth doing. If possible, a guide for how to write perf tests would be helpful, too. Are there any recommended...

crawfordcomeaux

Would non-capturing groups be a valuable addition?

shreyasminocha

For example, ```js const regex = VerEx().startOfLine().then('abc').or().then('def').endOfLine(); ``` throws the following error ```js SyntaxError { message: 'Invalid regular expression: /^(?:(?:abc))|(?:(?:def)$/: Unterminated group', } ``` This traces to how `_suffixes` is...

shreyasminocha

Could we add support for back references? ```js /** * Match a previously captured substring * @param {Number} number which back reference to match * @return {VerbalExpression} same instace of...

shreyasminocha