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

If you're the one generating URLs with non-english letters in it, you may want to reconsider.

If I'm interpreting the W3C correctly, URLs may only contain word characters within the latin alphabet.