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

Have a look at http://www.regular-expressions.info/refunicode.html.

It looks like there is no \w equivalent for unicode, but you can match single unicode letters, so you can create it.