The built-in JavaScript regular expression engine can, under certain special combinations, run in exponential time. This situation can trigger what's referred to as a Regular Expression Denial of ...

Abstract: Regular expressions are notoriously difficult to get right, with developers often having to resort to trial-and-error approaches. Even so, little attention ...

We present a formalization of a matching algorithm for extended regular expression matching based on locations and symbolic derivatives which supports intersection, complement and lookarounds and ...

Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks overwhelm a company’s servers to ensure that it cannot function correctly. From this state, they are unable to make sales, communicate with customers, or continue their ...

There are two types of people in the world: those who have no idea what a regular expression is, and those who not only know what they are but can compose them on the fly and tend to use them in ...

Regular expressions are a powerful tool for working with text data in JavaScript. They allow you to search, manipulate and extract specific parts of a string with precision. Although regular ...