Function createRegExp

contributes/src/vs/base/common/strings.ts:190–220

(searchString: string, isRegex: boolean, options: RegExpOptions = {})

}

export function createRegExp(searchString: string, isRegex: boolean, options: RegExpOptions = {}): RegExp {
	if (!searchString) {
		throw new Error('Cannot create regex from empty string');
	}
	if (!isRegex) {
		searchString = escapeRegExpCharacters(searchString);
	}
	if (options.wholeWord) {
		if (!/\B/.test(searchString.charAt(0))) {
			searchString = '\\b' + searchString;
		}
		if (!/\B/.test(searchString.charAt(searchString.length - 1))) {
			searchString = searchString + '\\b';
		}
	}
	let modifiers = '';
	if (options.global) {
		modifiers += 'g';
	}
	if (!options.matchCase) {
		modifiers += 'i';
	}
	if (options.multiline) {
		modifiers += 'm';
	}
	if (options.unicode) {
		modifiers += 'u';
	}

	return new RegExp(searchString, modifiers);
}

export function regExpLeadsToEndlessLoop(regexp: RegExp): boolean {
	// Exit early if it's one of these special cases which are meant to match