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Here you can find the API documentation for Verbal Expressions

What is Verbal Expresstions?

Verbal Expressions is a small JavaScript library that allows you to write regular expressions in natural language.

Basic usage

Basic usage of Verbal Expressions is trough a singleton called VerEx(), that creates a new expression for you:

var myExpression = VerEx();

##API

Modifiers

  • .anything()
  • .anythingBut( value )
  • [.endOfLine()](wiki/.endOfLine())
  • [.find( value )](wiki/.find(-value-))
  • [.maybe( value )](wiki/.maybe(-value-))
  • [.startOfLine()](wiki/.startOfLine())
  • [.then( value )](wiki/.then(-value-))

Special characters and groups

  • .any( value )
  • .anyOf( value )
  • [.br()](wiki/.br())
  • [.lineBreak()](wiki/.lineBreak())
  • .range( from, to )
  • .tab()
  • .word()

Modifiers

  • .withAnyCase()
  • .stopAtFirst()
  • .searhOneLine()

Functions

  • .replace( source, value )

Other

  • [.add( expression )](wiki/.add(-expression-))
  • .multiple( value )
  • [.or()](wiki/.or())
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