Currently I have this:
const illegals = [/Foo/, /Bar/, /FooBar/];
var testTxt = "Foo Fighter";
var isMatch = illegals.some(rx => rx.test(testTxt));
and since the testTxt contains 'Foo' it returns true. But I only want to match if it matches the full text (i.e. 'Foo Fighter') otherwise return false. What have I got wrong here?
Like Vlaz already put in his comment, you need to include ^and
$ before and after your pattern to signal that you want to match the whole string.
const illegals = [/^Foo$/, /^Bar$/, /^FooBar$/];
var testTxt = "Foo Fighter";
console.log(illegals.some(rx => rx.test(testTxt))) // false
console.log(illegals.some(rx => rx.test('Bar'))) // true
console.log(illegals.some(rx => rx.test('Bar stool'))) // false
console.log(illegals.some(rx => rx.test('FooBar'))) // true
^and$includesfor simplicity:illegals.contains(testTxt);