Bug? Rejected regexp

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Bug? Rejected regexp

Postby chrisjj » Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:34 pm

I'm getting this error:

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on code that's fine on the same JS engine in Chrome:

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An ideas?
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Re: Bug? Rejected regexp

Postby Admin » Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:58 am

I believe BRU uses an older version of JS...

Did you try the function :

regEx("text", "match", "replace")
Applies a regular expression replacement on the given text.
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Re: Bug? Rejected regexp

Postby chrisjj » Fri Jul 11, 2025 2:04 pm

(My code is

line = "Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:30:00 +0000"
g = line.match(/^(?<n>Date.)?.*$/).groups; // Syntax errorhttps://i.imgur.com/ryJ3sFn.png
)

I believe BRU uses an older version of JS...


Thanks. Then perhaps correct Help JavaScript Renaming "Bulk Rename Utility uses the V8 Javascript, Google's high performance Javascript engine also used in Google Chrome".

Did you try the function

regEx("text", "match", "replace")
Applies a regular expression replacement on the given text.


No, because it does not return groups.

Perhaps regex V2 will work. How do I access that from JS, please?
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