no-control-character.md

pageClass	sidebarDepth	title	description	since
rule-details	0	regexp/no-control-character	disallow control characters	v1.2.0

regexp/no-control-character

💡 This rule is manually fixable by editor suggestions.

disallow control characters

📖 Rule Details

This rule reports control characters.

This rule is inspired by the no-control-regex rule. The positions of reports are improved over the core rule and suggestions are provided in some cases.

/* eslint regexp/no-control-character: "error" */

/* ✓ GOOD */
var foo = /\n/;
var foo = RegExp("\n");

/* ✗ BAD */
var foo = /\x1f/;
var foo = /\x0a/;
var foo = RegExp('\x0a');

🔧 Options

Nothing.

📚 Further reading

• no-control-regex

🚀 Version

This rule was introduced in eslint-plugin-regexp v1.2.0

🔍 Implementation

• Rule source
• Test source