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"use strict";
/**
* RegexParser
* Parses a string input.
*
* @name RegexParser
* @function
* @param {String} input The string input that should be parsed as regular
* expression.
* @return {RegExp} The parsed regular expression.
*/
var RegexParser = module.exports = function (input) {
// Validate input
if (typeof input !== "string") {
throw new Error("Invalid input. Input must be a string");
}
// Parse input
var m = input.match(/(\/?)(.+)\1([a-z]*)/i);
// Invalid flags
if (m[3] && !/^(?!.*?(.).*?\1)[gmixXsuUAJ]+$/.test(m[3])) {
return RegExp(input);
}
// Create the regular expression
return new RegExp(m[2], m[3]);
};