On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:05 AM, kangax <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On May 14, 8:24 pm, Gabriel Gilini <[email protected]> wrote:
> > var classNamesRegex = new RegExp('\\b(' + classesArr.join('|') + ')\\b');
> //
> > Generates /\b(foo|bar|foob)\b/
>
> Please don't use boundaries to separate class values. I wonder who
> came up with this silly idea and why it keeps circulating around.


> /\bfoo\b/ matches values such as "foo-bar" which is, of course, wrong.


Hm, I didn't know that. Actually I have never used /b myself, I didn't even
know they existed in JavaScript. I thought they would replace just fine the
(^|\s) thing (which is what I usually use).
Thanks for the advice.

Gabriel Gilini

www.usosim.com.br
[email protected]

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