reviveRegExp

Revive a JSON-serialized regular expression.

Usage

var reviveRegExp = require( '@stdlib/regexp/reviver' );

reviveRegExp( key, value )

Revives a JSON-serialized regular expression.

var parseJSON = require( '@stdlib/utils/parse-json' );

var str = '{"type":"RegExp","pattern":"ab+c","flags":""}';

var re = parseJSON( str, reviveRegExp );
// returns <RegExp>

For details on the JSON serialization format, see @stdlib/regexp/to-json.

Examples

var parseJSON = require( '@stdlib/utils/parse-json' );
var regexp2json = require( '@stdlib/regexp/to-json' );
var reviveRegExp = require( '@stdlib/regexp/reviver' );

var re1 = /ab+c/;
var json = regexp2json( re1 );

var str = JSON.stringify( json );
// returns '{"type":"RegExp","pattern":"ab+c","flags":""}'

var re2 = parseJSON( str, reviveRegExp );
// returns <RegExp>

var bool = ( re1.toString() === re2.toString() );
// returns true