ECMAScript® 2024 Language Specification

Draft ECMA-262 / December 6, 2023

A.8 Regular Expressions

Pattern[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode, NamedCaptureGroups] :: Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Disjunction[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode, NamedCaptureGroups] :: Alternative[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Alternative[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] | Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Alternative[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode, NamedCaptureGroups] :: [empty] Alternative[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Term[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Term[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode, NamedCaptureGroups] :: Assertion[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Atom[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Atom[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] Quantifier Assertion[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode, NamedCaptureGroups] :: ^ $ \b \B (?= Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] ) (?! Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] ) (?<= Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] ) (?<! Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] ) Quantifier :: QuantifierPrefix QuantifierPrefix ? QuantifierPrefix :: * + ? { DecimalDigits[~Sep] } { DecimalDigits[~Sep] ,} { DecimalDigits[~Sep] , DecimalDigits[~Sep] } Atom[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode, NamedCaptureGroups] :: PatternCharacter . \ AtomEscape[?UnicodeMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] CharacterClass[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode] ( GroupSpecifier[?UnicodeMode]opt Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] ) (?: Disjunction[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode, ?NamedCaptureGroups] ) SyntaxCharacter :: one of ^ $ \ . * + ? ( ) [ ] { } | PatternCharacter :: SourceCharacter but not SyntaxCharacter AtomEscape[UnicodeMode, NamedCaptureGroups] :: DecimalEscape CharacterClassEscape[?UnicodeMode] CharacterEscape[?UnicodeMode] [+NamedCaptureGroups] k GroupName[?UnicodeMode] CharacterEscape[UnicodeMode] :: ControlEscape c AsciiLetter 0 [lookahead ∉ DecimalDigit] HexEscapeSequence RegExpUnicodeEscapeSequence[?UnicodeMode] IdentityEscape[?UnicodeMode] ControlEscape :: one of f n r t v GroupSpecifier[UnicodeMode] :: ? GroupName[?UnicodeMode] GroupName[UnicodeMode] :: < RegExpIdentifierName[?UnicodeMode] > RegExpIdentifierName[UnicodeMode] :: RegExpIdentifierStart[?UnicodeMode] RegExpIdentifierName[?UnicodeMode] RegExpIdentifierPart[?UnicodeMode] RegExpIdentifierStart[UnicodeMode] :: IdentifierStartChar \ RegExpUnicodeEscapeSequence[+UnicodeMode] [~UnicodeMode] UnicodeLeadSurrogate UnicodeTrailSurrogate RegExpIdentifierPart[UnicodeMode] :: IdentifierPartChar \ RegExpUnicodeEscapeSequence[+UnicodeMode] [~UnicodeMode] UnicodeLeadSurrogate UnicodeTrailSurrogate RegExpUnicodeEscapeSequence[UnicodeMode] :: [+UnicodeMode] u HexLeadSurrogate \u HexTrailSurrogate [+UnicodeMode] u HexLeadSurrogate [+UnicodeMode] u HexTrailSurrogate [+UnicodeMode] u HexNonSurrogate [~UnicodeMode] u Hex4Digits [+UnicodeMode] u{ CodePoint } UnicodeLeadSurrogate :: any Unicode code point in the inclusive interval from U+D800 to U+DBFF UnicodeTrailSurrogate :: any Unicode code point in the inclusive interval from U+DC00 to U+DFFF

Each \u HexTrailSurrogate for which the choice of associated u HexLeadSurrogate is ambiguous shall be associated with the nearest possible u HexLeadSurrogate that would otherwise have no corresponding \u HexTrailSurrogate.

 

HexLeadSurrogate :: Hex4Digits but only if the MV of Hex4Digits is in the inclusive interval from 0xD800 to 0xDBFF HexTrailSurrogate :: Hex4Digits but only if the MV of Hex4Digits is in the inclusive interval from 0xDC00 to 0xDFFF HexNonSurrogate :: Hex4Digits but only if the MV of Hex4Digits is not in the inclusive interval from 0xD800 to 0xDFFF IdentityEscape[UnicodeMode] :: [+UnicodeMode] SyntaxCharacter [+UnicodeMode] / [~UnicodeMode] SourceCharacter but not UnicodeIDContinue DecimalEscape :: NonZeroDigit DecimalDigits[~Sep]opt [lookahead ∉ DecimalDigit] CharacterClassEscape[UnicodeMode] :: d D s S w W [+UnicodeMode] p{ UnicodePropertyValueExpression } [+UnicodeMode] P{ UnicodePropertyValueExpression } UnicodePropertyValueExpression :: UnicodePropertyName = UnicodePropertyValue LoneUnicodePropertyNameOrValue UnicodePropertyName :: UnicodePropertyNameCharacters UnicodePropertyNameCharacters :: UnicodePropertyNameCharacter UnicodePropertyNameCharactersopt UnicodePropertyValue :: UnicodePropertyValueCharacters LoneUnicodePropertyNameOrValue :: UnicodePropertyValueCharacters UnicodePropertyValueCharacters :: UnicodePropertyValueCharacter UnicodePropertyValueCharactersopt UnicodePropertyValueCharacter :: UnicodePropertyNameCharacter DecimalDigit UnicodePropertyNameCharacter :: AsciiLetter _ CharacterClass[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode] :: [ [lookahead ≠ ^] ClassContents[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode] ] [^ ClassContents[?UnicodeMode, ?UnicodeSetsMode] ] ClassContents[UnicodeMode, UnicodeSetsMode] :: [empty] [~UnicodeSetsMode] NonemptyClassRanges[?UnicodeMode] [+UnicodeSetsMode] ClassSetExpression NonemptyClassRanges[UnicodeMode] :: ClassAtom[?UnicodeMode] ClassAtom[?UnicodeMode] NonemptyClassRangesNoDash[?UnicodeMode] ClassAtom[?UnicodeMode] - ClassAtom[?UnicodeMode] ClassContents[?UnicodeMode, ~UnicodeSetsMode] NonemptyClassRangesNoDash[UnicodeMode] :: ClassAtom[?UnicodeMode] ClassAtomNoDash[?UnicodeMode] NonemptyClassRangesNoDash[?UnicodeMode] ClassAtomNoDash[?UnicodeMode] - ClassAtom[?UnicodeMode] ClassContents[?UnicodeMode, ~UnicodeSetsMode] ClassAtom[UnicodeMode] :: - ClassAtomNoDash[?UnicodeMode] ClassAtomNoDash[UnicodeMode] :: SourceCharacter but not one of \ or ] or - \ ClassEscape[?UnicodeMode] ClassEscape[UnicodeMode] :: b [+UnicodeMode] - CharacterClassEscape[?UnicodeMode] CharacterEscape[?UnicodeMode] ClassSetExpression :: ClassUnion ClassIntersection ClassSubtraction ClassUnion :: ClassSetRange ClassUnionopt ClassSetOperand ClassUnionopt ClassIntersection :: ClassSetOperand && [lookahead ≠ &] ClassSetOperand ClassIntersection && [lookahead ≠ &] ClassSetOperand ClassSubtraction :: ClassSetOperand -- ClassSetOperand ClassSubtraction -- ClassSetOperand ClassSetRange :: ClassSetCharacter - ClassSetCharacter ClassSetOperand :: NestedClass ClassStringDisjunction ClassSetCharacter NestedClass :: [ [lookahead ≠ ^] ClassContents[+UnicodeMode, +UnicodeSetsMode] ] [^ ClassContents[+UnicodeMode, +UnicodeSetsMode] ] \ CharacterClassEscape[+UnicodeMode] ClassStringDisjunction :: \q{ ClassStringDisjunctionContents } ClassStringDisjunctionContents :: ClassString ClassString | ClassStringDisjunctionContents ClassString :: [empty] NonEmptyClassString NonEmptyClassString :: ClassSetCharacter NonEmptyClassStringopt ClassSetCharacter :: [lookahead ∉ ClassSetReservedDoublePunctuator] SourceCharacter but not ClassSetSyntaxCharacter \ CharacterEscape[+UnicodeMode] \ ClassSetReservedPunctuator \b ClassSetReservedDoublePunctuator :: one of && !! ## $$ %% ** ++ ,, .. :: ;; << == >> ?? @@ ^^ `` ~~ ClassSetSyntaxCharacter :: one of ( ) [ ] { } / - \ | ClassSetReservedPunctuator :: one of & - ! # % , : ; < = > @ ` ~