Test Browser Compatibility for New Regular Expression Features
What's the best practice for determining if a browser supports the new regular expression features specified in the ECMAScript 2018 Language Specification?
I suspect you just have to write try catch statements or do it by detecting browser versions, but thought I check here first.
javascript regex lookbehind named-captures ecmascript-2018
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What's the best practice for determining if a browser supports the new regular expression features specified in the ECMAScript 2018 Language Specification?
I suspect you just have to write try catch statements or do it by detecting browser versions, but thought I check here first.
javascript regex lookbehind named-captures ecmascript-2018
There are a couple of good answers here.
– Wiktor Stribiżew
Jan 2 at 13:55
I thought I might find an example test on caniuse, but it doesn't seem like they're testing for named capture groups yet.
– Lonnie Best
Jan 4 at 6:39
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What's the best practice for determining if a browser supports the new regular expression features specified in the ECMAScript 2018 Language Specification?
I suspect you just have to write try catch statements or do it by detecting browser versions, but thought I check here first.
javascript regex lookbehind named-captures ecmascript-2018
What's the best practice for determining if a browser supports the new regular expression features specified in the ECMAScript 2018 Language Specification?
I suspect you just have to write try catch statements or do it by detecting browser versions, but thought I check here first.
javascript regex lookbehind named-captures ecmascript-2018
javascript regex lookbehind named-captures ecmascript-2018
edited Jan 2 at 10:50
Lonnie Best
asked Jan 2 at 10:30


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There are a couple of good answers here.
– Wiktor Stribiżew
Jan 2 at 13:55
I thought I might find an example test on caniuse, but it doesn't seem like they're testing for named capture groups yet.
– Lonnie Best
Jan 4 at 6:39
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There are a couple of good answers here.
– Wiktor Stribiżew
Jan 2 at 13:55
I thought I might find an example test on caniuse, but it doesn't seem like they're testing for named capture groups yet.
– Lonnie Best
Jan 4 at 6:39
There are a couple of good answers here.
– Wiktor Stribiżew
Jan 2 at 13:55
There are a couple of good answers here.
– Wiktor Stribiżew
Jan 2 at 13:55
I thought I might find an example test on caniuse, but it doesn't seem like they're testing for named capture groups yet.
– Lonnie Best
Jan 4 at 6:39
I thought I might find an example test on caniuse, but it doesn't seem like they're testing for named capture groups yet.
– Lonnie Best
Jan 4 at 6:39
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There are a couple of good answers here.
– Wiktor Stribiżew
Jan 2 at 13:55
I thought I might find an example test on caniuse, but it doesn't seem like they're testing for named capture groups yet.
– Lonnie Best
Jan 4 at 6:39