no-div-regex.md

title	rule_type	related_rules
no-div-regex	suggestion	no-control-regex no-regex-spaces

Characters /= at the beginning of a regular expression literal can be confused with a division assignment operator.

function bar() { return /=foo/; }

Rule Details

This rule forbids equal signs (=) after the slash (/) at the beginning of a regular expression literal, because the characters /= can be confused with a division assignment operator.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

:::incorrect

/*eslint no-div-regex: "error"*/

function bar() { return /=foo/; }

:::

Examples of correct code for this rule:

:::correct

/*eslint no-div-regex: "error"*/

function bar() { return /[=]foo/; }

:::