Reposted by Andrey Okonetchnikov
Andrey Okonetchnikov
@okonet.dev
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UI Engineer specializing in design systems @ www.component-driven.dev. Author of 🚫💩 lint-staged. Also Monolisa.dev, colorsnapper.com and more.
![A screenshot showing a list of regular expressions attempting to match words from various languages.
Full code:
/^[a-z]+$/i.test("car"); // ✅ true
/^[a-z]+$/i.test("pão"); // ❌ false
/^[a-z]+$/i.test("知道"); // ❌ false
/^[a-z]+$/i.test("يعرف"); // ❌ false
/^\p{L}+$/u.test("car"); // ✅ true
/^\p{L}+$/u.test("pão"); // ✅ true
/^\p{L}+$/u.test("知道"); // ✅ true
/^\p{L}+$/u.test("يعرف"); // ✅ true](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eaimln3uk5ntgmykcbxrmsyp/bafkreidqqa36kazqj74xsaasywc5qgiybdq37hfebdypkhcqy3i6etyavi)
