inspect-js/is-regex

Is this value a JS regex?

JavaScript

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Is this value a JS regex? This module works cross-realm/iframe, and despite ES6 @@toStringTag.

Example

var isRegex = require('is-regex');
var assert = require('assert');

assert.notOk(isRegex(undefined));
assert.notOk(isRegex(null));
assert.notOk(isRegex(false));
assert.notOk(isRegex(true));
assert.notOk(isRegex(42));
assert.notOk(isRegex('foo'));
assert.notOk(isRegex(function () {}));
assert.notOk(isRegex([]));
assert.notOk(isRegex({}));

assert.ok(isRegex(/a/g));
assert.ok(isRegex(new RegExp('a', 'g')));

Tests

Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test

is
javascript
js-regex
regex
regexp

inspect-js/is-regex

Is this value a JS regex?

JavaScript

24

170 commits

updated Apr 8, 2026

See the code

README

is-regex Version Badge

github actions coverage dependency status dev dependency status License Downloads

npm badge

Is this value a JS regex? This module works cross-realm/iframe, and despite ES6 @@toStringTag.

Example

var isRegex = require('is-regex');
var assert = require('assert');

assert.notOk(isRegex(undefined));
assert.notOk(isRegex(null));
assert.notOk(isRegex(false));
assert.notOk(isRegex(true));
assert.notOk(isRegex(42));
assert.notOk(isRegex('foo'));
assert.notOk(isRegex(function () {}));
assert.notOk(isRegex([]));
assert.notOk(isRegex({}));

assert.ok(isRegex(/a/g));
assert.ok(isRegex(new RegExp('a', 'g')));

Tests

Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test

is
javascript
js-regex
regex
regexp

Project health

Overall

3.8/10

Maintained

0/10

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Latest release

1.2.1 · Dec 12, 2024

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