my regex is dynamically constructed by using this code in javscript :
var regExp = new RegExp("\\b" + $("#value").val() + "\\b", "ig");
ie the regex would be a simple \\bbrother\\b/ig
and the problem is that it is also matching words such as
don in don't
sister in sister's
it should match word only if it is a whole word ie
The don came late - match
don't do that - no match
she is my sister - match
my sister's wedding - no match
EDIT : Thanks for the answers.Please suggest the fastest (or least expensive) method(if this makes an impact) if the regex is very large like \\bbrother|sister|car|truck.......\\b
to the tune of 6500 OR words.
There's a few ways you can do it. I would recommend a forward negative lookahead.
\\bbrother\\b(?!')
The construct (?!something)
ensures that something
does not follow the match.
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