I have to validate a decimal number based on the digits provided before the decimal and after the decimal. Say i have a function which is having a regular expression and takes two parameters as digits before the decimal and digits after the decimal.
function validateDecimalNo(digitBeforeDec,digitAfterDec){
//here i need to write the regular expression to validate the decimal no based on the inputs.
}
- If i pass 2,3 it should check decimal no as per this restriction
- If i pass 10,6 it should validate no as per this restriction
- If i pass 4,2 it should validate no as per this restriction
How to create the single dynamic regular expression to meet above requirement.
In JavaScript, you have literal syntax (/regex/
, {object}
, or even "string"
), and you have the non-literal syntax (new RegExp()
, new Object()
, new String()
).
With this provided, you can use the non-literal version of regex, which takes a string input:
var myRegex = new RegExp("hello", "i"); // -> /hello/i
So, this provided, we can make a function that creates a "dynamic regex" function (quotes because it's actually returning a new regex object every time it's run).
For instance:
var getRegex = function(startingSym, endingSym, optional){
return new RegExp(startingSym + "(.+)" + endingSym, optional)
}
So, with this example function, we can use it like this:
var testing = getRegex("ab", "cd", "i");
console.log(testing);
// Output:
/ab(.+)cd/i