Clone RegExp
JavaScript, Type · Oct 22, 2020

Clones a regular expression.
- Use the
RegExp
constructor,RegExp.prototype.source
andRegExp.prototype.flags
to clone the given regular expression.
const cloneRegExp = regExp => new RegExp(regExp.source, regExp.flags);
const regExp = /lorem ipsum/gi;
const regExp2 = cloneRegExp(regExp); // regExp !== regExp2