Javascript regex negative lookbehind not working in firefox

问题

I need to modify the following javascript regex because the negative lookbehind in it throws an error in firefox:

content = content.replace(/(?![^<]*>)(?:[\"])([^"]*?)(?<!=)(?:[\"])(?!>)/g, '„$1“');

Does anyone have an idea and can help me out?

Thanks in advance!

回答1:

Lookbehinds are only available in browsers supporting ECMA2018 standard, and that means, only the latest versions of Chrome can handle them.

To support the majority of browsers, convert your pattern to only use lookaheads.

The (?<!=) negative lookbehind makes sure there is no = immediately to the left of the current location. [^"] is the atom that matches that character (note that ? quantifier makes it optional, but " that is before [^"] can't be = and there is no need restricting that position).

So, you may use

content = content.replace(/(?![^<]>)"([^"=]?)"(?!>)/g, '„$1"');
                                      ^^^^^

Note that (?:[\"]) is equal to ". [^"=]? matches 1 or 0 occurrences of a char other than " and =.

See the regex demo.

回答2:

The exact equivalent of your regex (?![^<]*>)"([^"]*?)(?<!=)"(?!>)

without the lookbehind assertion is:

(?![^<]*>)"((?:[^"=]+|=(?!"))*)"(?!>)

Readable version

 (?! [^<]* > )
 "
 (                             # (1 start)
      (?:
           [^"=]+ 
        |  
           = 
           (?! " )
      )*
 )                             # (1 end)
 "
 (?! > )

Note this is not like your chosen answer, which is not an equivalent .