Re: OT: Javascript regex Q
On 10/05/2011 10:06 AM, T Elcor wrote:
> --- On Wed, 10/5/11, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>> Is there a way to write a single Javascript regex that
>> would match all of the following three patterns:
>>> a.domain.tld
>>> b.domain.tld
>>> domain.tld/c/
>>>
>>
>> /.*/
>>
>> Or, perhaps you're after /domain.tld/
>>
>> Either should work, though I'd expect the first to be
>> quicker in your case.
> No, this isn't what I'm looking for. I'm not after blocking everything or the whole domain.tld, only the three above URI patterns.
>
> I came across this trying to rewrite my ad blocking list in a more elegant way, but couldn't see any obvious way to make it with one regex without blocking more than necessary.
Well, you didn't say you wanted _only_ that to match.
^(a\.)?domain\.tld(\/c\/)?$
JavaScript syntax might be slightly different, but that's the idea.
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