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We can match an exact string with JavaScript by using the JavaScript string's match method with a regex pattern that has the delimiters for the start and end of the string with the exact word in between those.
Exact match (equality comparison): == , != As with numbers, the == operator determines if two strings are equal. If they are equal, True is returned; if they are not, False is returned. It is case-sensitive, and the same applies to comparisons by other operators and methods.
To match a whole word in JavaScript, we can create a regex with the RegExp constructor. Then we can call the test method on it to check if the string matches the words. We create the word string with the words we're looking for. Then we create the regex with the RegExp constructor.
The easiest of the two commands is to use grep's -w option. This will find only lines that contain your target word as a complete word. Run the command "grep -w hub" against your target file and you will only see lines that contain the word "hub" as a complete word.
Use the start and end delimiters: ^abc$
It depends. You could
string.match(/^abc$/)
But that would not match the following string: 'the first 3 letters of the alphabet are abc. not abc123'
I think you would want to use \b (word boundaries):
var str = 'the first 3 letters of the alphabet are abc. not abc123';
var pat = /\b(abc)\b/g;
console.log(str.match(pat));Live example: http://jsfiddle.net/uu5VJ/
If the former solution works for you, I would advise against using it.
That means you may have something like the following:
var strs = ['abc', 'abc1', 'abc2']
for (var i = 0; i < strs.length; i++) {
if (strs[i] == 'abc') {
//do something
}
else {
//do something else
}
}
While you could use
if (str[i].match(/^abc$/g)) {
//do something
}
It would be considerably more resource-intensive. For me, a general rule of thumb is for a simple string comparison use a conditional expression, for a more dynamic pattern use a regular expression.
More on JavaScript regexes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions
"^" For the begining of the line "$" for the end of it. Eg.:
var re = /^abc$/;
Would match "abc" but not "1abc" or "abc1". You can learn more at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions
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