regex in Arabic letters

Question

In English it works well, but in Arabic I don't know why

const myText = "here";
console.log(/\bhere\b/.test(myText)); // true

// in Ar
const myText = "السلام";
console.log(/\bالسلام\b/.test(myText)); // false

Does this answer your question? [Regex match Arabic keyword](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40731058/regex-match-arabic-keyword) — cloned, Jan 30 '22 at 09:18

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '22 at 09:02

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Just use unicode entities:

const myText = "السلام";
console.log(/\s*\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\s*/.test(myText)); //true

answered Jan 30 '22 at 09:02

Vitaliy Kondratev

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How do I convert letter format? – user16733810 Jan 30 '22 at 09:11
You can use any online tool for encode/decode unicode text – Vitaliy Kondratev Jan 30 '22 at 09:13
The text is a variable that is not fixed – user16733810 Jan 30 '22 at 09:18
const myText = "السلام"; const validate = needle => (new RegExp('\\b' + needle + '\\b')).test(myText); console.log(validate('السلام')); – user16733810 Jan 30 '22 at 09:18
I don't see why would the encoding changes anything, the point is that the word boundary mark (\b) only recognizes english. See the link on @clone 's comment above for possible alternatives. – Noam Jan 30 '22 at 09:30

regex in Arabic letters

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