@babel/plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex
info
This plugin is included in @babel/preset-env
, in ES2025.
This plugin transforms regular expression literals to support duplicate named capturing groups. It does not patch the new RegExp
constructor, since its arguments cannot be pre-transformed statically: to handle runtime behavior of functions/classes, you will need to use a polyfill instead.
Examples
In
JavaScript
var re = /(?<year>\d{4})-(?<month>\d{2})|(?<month>\d{2})-(?<year>\d{4})/;
console.log(re.exec("02-1999").groups.year);
Out
JavaScript
var re = _wrapRegExp(/(\d{4})-(\d{2})|(\d{2})-(\d{4})/, {
year: [1, 4],
month: [2, 3],
});
console.log(re.exec("02-1999").groups.year);
Installation
- npm
- Yarn
- pnpm
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex
yarn add --dev @babel/plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex
pnpm add --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex
Usage
With a configuration file (Recommended)
babel.config.json
{
"plugins": ["@babel/plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex"]
}
Via CLI
Shell
babel --plugins @babel/plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex script.js
Via Node API
JavaScript
require("@babel/core").transformSync("code", {
plugins: ["@babel/plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex"],
});
Options
runtime
boolean
, defaults to true
When this option is disabled, Babel doesn’t wrap RegExps with the _wrapRegExp
helper. The output only supports internal group references, and not runtime properties:
JavaScript
var stringRe = /(?:(?<quote>")|(?<quote>')).*?\k<quote>/;
stringRe.test("'foo'"); // "true", works
stringRe.exec("'foo'").groups.quote; // undefined
tip
You can read more about configuring plugin options here