Create regex from glob expression

Question

i write program that parse text with regular expression. Regular expression should be obtained from user. I deside to use glob syntax for user input, and convert glob string

Answer 1

jPaq's RegExp.fromWildExp function does something similar to this. The following is taken from the example that is on the front page of the site:

// Find a first substring that starts with a capital "C" and ends with a
// lower case "n".
alert("Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?".findPattern("C*n"));

// Finds two words (first name and last name), flips their order, and places
// a comma between them.
alert("Christopher West".replacePattern("(<*>) (<*>)", "p", "$2, $1"));

// Finds the first number that is at least three numbers long.
alert("2 to the 64th is 18446744073709551616.".findPattern("#{3,}", "ol"));