match-at/lib/matchAt.js

/** @flow */

"use strict";

function getRelocatable(re) {
  // In the future, this could use a WeakMap instead of an expando.
  if (!re.__matchAtRelocatable) {
    // Disjunctions are the lowest-precedence operator, so we can make any
    // pattern match the empty string by appending `|()` to it:
    // https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-patterns
    var source = re.source + "|()";

    // We always make the new regex global.
    var flags = "g" + (re.ignoreCase ? "i" : "") + (re.multiline ? "m" : "") + (re.unicode ? "u" : "")
    // sticky (/.../y) doesn't make sense in conjunction with our relocation
    // logic, so we ignore it here.
    ;

    re.__matchAtRelocatable = new RegExp(source, flags);
  }
  return re.__matchAtRelocatable;
}

function matchAt(re, str, pos) {
  if (re.global || re.sticky) {
    throw new Error("matchAt(...): Only non-global regexes are supported");
  }
  var reloc = getRelocatable(re);
  reloc.lastIndex = pos;
  var match = reloc.exec(str);
  // Last capturing group is our sentinel that indicates whether the regex
  // matched at the given location.
  if (match[match.length - 1] == null) {
    // Original regex matched.
    match.length = match.length - 1;
    return match;
  } else {
    return null;
  }
}

module.exports = matchAt;