Regex to allow for anystring in url

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const profileActive = location.pathname && location.pathname.match(/^\/app\/profile/) ? "profileActive" : "";

My case need to match:

/app/profile/ANYTHINGHERE/report

At the moment it matches just:

/app/profile/

Any help to express a match anything expression between / /

Thanks

Try /^\/app\/profile.*\/report$/ or /^\/app\/profile(?:\/.*)?\/report$/ — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 11:09
Just FYI: /^\/app\/profile/.+/report$/ would not match /app/profile/report. — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Jul 20, 2018 at 7:31

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-19 11:11:28Z

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You may use either

/^\/app\/profile(?:\/.*)?\/report$/

See this regex demo

Or, if there should only be 1 subpart in between:

/^\/app\/profile(?:\/[^\/]+)?\/report$/

See this regex demo.

The (?:\/[^\/]+)? will match an optional sequence of / and 1+ chars other than / while (?:\/.*)? will match an optional sequence of a / followed with any 0+ chars.

answered Jul 19, 2018 at 11:11

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