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JavaScript Lookbehind Assertions

Examples

Positive lookbehind assertion

Text preceding the current location must match the assertion

const RE_DOLLAR_PREFIX = /(?<=\$)foo/g
console.log("$foo %foo foo".replace(RE_DOLLAR_PREFIX, "bar")) // '$bar %foo foo'

Negative lookbehind assertion

Text preceding the current location must not match the assertion

const RE_NO_DOLLAR_PREFIX = /(?<!\$)foo/g
console.log("$foo %foo foo".replace(RE_NO_DOLLAR_PREFIX, "bar")) // '$foo %bar bar'

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