Javascript Regex Word Boundary with optional non-word character

Question

I am looking to find a keyword match in a string. I am trying to use word boundary, but this may not be the best case for that solution. The keyword could be any word, and c

Answer 1

Check whether the keyword already begins with a special character. If it does, don't include it in the regular expression.

var re;
if ("#@".indexOf(keyword[0]) == -1) {
    re = new RegExp(`[@#]?\b${keyword}\b`);
} else {
    re = new RegExp(`\b${keyword}\b`);
}