Enter, if you DARE

Where Regex Gone Wild in Javascript will drive you MAD

Warning: what you're about to embark on is a journey of discovery, of experimentation, of regex-induced madness. Are you prepared to face the abyss of backtracking, the terror of capturing groups, the despair of negative lookaheads? If so, then by all means, proceed with caution.

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Subsections:

• Catastrophic Catastrophe: The art of regex-fueled despair
• Regular Expressions in Javascript: A Guide to losing your mind

  // import the horrors
  let re = new RegExp(
    // the regex engine is a monster, it's a monster, I tell you
    "(^.*$)"
  );
  // the horrors of capturing groups
  console.log(re.exec("hello world"));