is-word-character

Check if a character is a word character.

What is this?

This is a function that checks if a given character is a word character: whether it matches \w (which is short for [a-zA-Z0-9_]).

When should I use this?

Not often, as it’s relatively simple to do yourself. This package exists because it’s needed in several related packages, at which point it becomes useful to defer to one shared function.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 14.14+, 16.0+), install with npm:

npm install is-word-character

In Deno with esm.sh:

import {isWordCharacter} from 'https://esm.sh/is-word-character@2'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import {isWordCharacter} from 'https://esm.sh/is-word-character@2?bundle'
</script>

Use

import {isWordCharacter} from 'is-word-character'

isWordCharacter('a') // => true
isWordCharacter('Z') // => true
isWordCharacter('0') // => true
isWordCharacter('_') // => true
isWordCharacter(' ') // => false
isWordCharacter('💩') // => false

API

This package exports the identifier isWordCharacter. There is no default export.