Regular Expression with j option

[lonesoac01]

Hello all,

I am attempting to use Regular Expressions.  I am reading the documentation of: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/sandiego-application-development/page/script/general-scripting/co... and it says that I can use the j option to use for JavaScript based Regular Expressions.  I am under the impression that I can use the g and j options with regular expressions.  I have attached two screenshots.  One screenshot just has the g option and SN does not complain.  I then try to add the j option, and SN complains.  What am I missing here?

[Aoife]

Can you share the code you are using?  I'll see if I can figure it out for you.  

Aoife

[lonesoac01]

I have attached the regular expression in the attachment in this reply.  I am terrified to post the actual code in the body since another post of mine was flagged as Spam because of my regular expression.  What I am trying to accomplish with this regex is a Negative Lookbehind.  I am attempting to ignore the strings that start with HSF.

Here is a simple data set:

123121234

lksjfd 123121234 lksjdf

hello world 123121234 bleh bleh bleh

you are a ding dong. HSF123121234

The only example that should be ignored is the last line.

[Aoife · Accepted solution]

When posting the code just be sure to format it by clicking the three dots icon, then the </> icon and select JavaScript.  Should post without issue.

I just ran a test script against all 4 and it works using the j.  I do get the orange ! in the editor, but it still works.

var re = new RegExp("(?<!HSF)[0-9]{3}( |-|)[0-9]{2}( |-|)[0-9]{4}(?![0-9])", "jg");
var testCases = ['123121234','lksjfd 123121234 lksjdf','hello world 123121234 bleh bleh bleh','you are a ding dong. HSF123121234'];
for (var i in testCases) {
	gs.info('{0} = {1}', testCases[i], testCases[i].match(re).join(','));
}

Aoife