Regular Expression Literals

You can create a regular expression literal in brighterscript. This simplifies pattern writing and improves readability. You can use these regular expression literals anywhere you would normally use CreateObject("roRegex", "the-pattern", "g").

Example:

print /hello world/ig

transpiles to:

print CreateObject("roRegex", "hello world", "ig")

Considerations

Escape the forward slash character

Since the forward slash character (/) indicates the start and end of the expression, you must escape it with a backslash.

Example:

print /hello\/world/

transpiles to

print CreateObject("roRegex", "hello\/world", "")