no-control-regex
NOTE: this rule is part of the
recommended rule set.Enable full set in
deno.json:{
"lint": {
"rules": {
"tags": ["recommended"]
}
}
}Enable full set using the Deno CLI:
deno lint --rules-tags=recommended
This rule can be explictly included to or excluded from the rules present in the current tag by adding it to the
include or exclude array in deno.json:{
"lint": {
"rules": {
"include": ["no-control-regex"],
"exclude": ["no-control-regex"]
}
}
}Disallows the use ASCII control characters in regular expressions.
Control characters are invisible characters in the ASCII range of 0-31. It is uncommon to use these in a regular expression and more often it is a mistake in the regular expression.
Invalid:
// Examples using ASCII (31) Carriage Return (hex x0d)
const pattern1 = /\x0d/;
const pattern2 = /\u000d/;
const pattern3 = new RegExp("\\x0d");
const pattern4 = new RegExp("\\u000d");
Valid:
// Examples using ASCII (32) Space (hex x20)
const pattern1 = /\x20/;
const pattern2 = /\u0020/;
const pattern3 = new RegExp("\\x20");
const pattern4 = new RegExp("\\u0020");