typescript/prefer-regexp-exec Nursery
What it does
Prefer RegExp#exec() over String#match() when extracting a regex match.
Why is this bad?
exec() is more explicit about matching with a regular expression and avoids the overloaded behavior of String#match().
Examples
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
ts
const text = "value";
text.match(/v/);Examples of correct code for this rule:
ts
const text = "value";
/v/.exec(text);How to use
To enable this rule using the config file or in the CLI, you can use:
json
{
"rules": {
"typescript/prefer-regexp-exec": "error"
}
}bash
oxlint --type-aware --deny typescript/prefer-regexp-exec