regexhq / mentions-regex

100% twitter compatible `@mentions` regex! Regular expression for matching `@username` mentions, as used on twitter, facebook, github, etc.

100% twitter compatible @mentions regex! Regular expression for matching @username mentions, as used on twitter, facebook, github, etc.

Install

npm i --save mentions-regex
npm test

mentionsRegex

Compatible twitter mentions regex, not only of course!

• [dot] {Boolean} if true it will allow to match dots
• return {RegExp}

Usage

For more use-cases see tests

var mentionsRegex = require('mentions-regex');

mentionsRegex().test('foo @bar baz');
//=> true

mentionsRegex().exec('foo @bar baz')[1];
//=> 'bar'

mentionsRegex().test('foo [e-mail] baz');
//=> false

mentionsRegex(true).test('foo [e-mail] baz');
//=> false

mentionsRegex(true).test('foo @bar.com baz');
//=> true

mentionsRegex(true).exec('foo @bar.com baz')[1];
//=> 'bar.com'

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Author

Charlike Mike Reagent

• gratipay/tunnckoCore
• twitter/tunnckoCore
• github/tunnckoCore
• npmjs/tunnckoCore
• more ...

License

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Charlike Mike Reagent, contributors.
Released under the MIT license.

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