Why does \w match only English words in javascript regex?

Question

I\'m trying to find URLs in some text, using javascript code. The problem is, the regular expression I\'m using uses \\w to match letters and digits inside the URL, but it d

Answer 1

I've just found XRegExp which has not been mentioned yet and I'm quite impressed with it. It is an alternative regular expression implementation, has a unicode plugin and is licensed under MIT license.

According to the website, to match unicode chars, you'd use such code:

var unicodeWord = XRegExp("^\\p{L}+$");

unicodeWord.test("Русский"); // true
unicodeWord.test("日本語"); // true
unicodeWord.test("العربية"); // true