How do I divide words from input field that contain an apostrophe?

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In my input field I sometimes have words that contain an apostrophe or need to be searched using quotes. Here's an example of a searched word: "de l'article".

The variable to divide words by a space is written the following way.

JavaScript

const r = new RegExp("(" + word.replace(/\s+/g, "|") + ")", "ig");

But this way when I'm writing a word like "de l'article", the apostrophe after the letter l doesn't seem to be taken as a word after separation.

What I have tried:

I tried to escape [^'] but it doesn't seems correct. Could you please provide any suggestions?

JavaScript

const r = new RegExp("(" + word.replace(/\s[^']+/g, "|") + ")", "ig");

Many thanks!

Posted 1-Feb-22 20:54pm

User 15221028

Updated 2-Feb-22 3:47am

Sean Ewington

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2022-02-01T21:39:00

You need to learn how Regexes work: \s[^']+/g specifically matches "whitespace followed by any number of characters that isn't a quote but at least one, followed by a slash, followed by a g" because looking at you question history, you are just copy'n'pasting stuff, without trying to understand how they work when they need changing.

I'd suggest that you read up on how they work: JavaScript RegExp Reference[^] and get a copy of Expresso[^] - it's free, and it examines, tests, and generates Regular expressions.