Match string to list of defined strings

Question

I need to be able to determine if a string matches a list of defined values.

Say I have a defined list of strings, e.g.

a | activ | blue | lagoon | ex (defind list is much longer and contains approx. 50+ possibilties)

I should be able to match any of the following;

 a
 a[name]
 activ
 activ[class=somevalue]
 blue
 lagoon[name=somevalue], ...e.t.c

is it possible via regex to determine if a string passed is contained in the defined list?

thanks...

Where do `name`, `class` and `somevalue` come from? Do you only want to allow equal signs and square brackets around them? — Bergi, Apr 29 '13 at 21:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 20:37

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As long as the string is consistently stored as: value | value (with one space between the value and pipe) you could trivially do:

str.match(new RegExp(values.split(' | ').join('|'))

If you need to math exact words you could use values.split(' | ').join('\\b|\\b')

answered Apr 29 '13 at 20:37

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+1. Or maybe `new RegExp(values.split(' | ').join('|')).test(str)`. – Bergi Apr 29 '13 at 21:20

LINEMAN78 · Answer 2 · 2013-04-30T19:16:58.583

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^(a|activ|blue|lagoon)(?:\[(\w+)=?(\w*)\])?$

For "activ[class=something]"

group 1 = activ
group 2 = class
group 3 = something

edited Apr 30 '13 at 19:16

answered Apr 29 '13 at 20:45

LINEMAN78

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:13

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Is it what you are looking for ?:

/^(?:a|activ|blue|lagoon)\b(\[(?:name|class)(?:=somevalue)?])?$/.test(yourstring);

answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:13

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