javascript regex for words and suffixes
// matching suffixs and prefixes in js
function match_ve (string) {
return string.match(/[a-z]*ve/g);
}
//matches a prefix, therm
function match_therm (string) {
return string.match(/therm[a-z]*/g);
}
/* match_therm("i need a thermometer today")
=> [ 'thermometer' ]
*/
var matcher = function () {
};
matcher.prototype.match_alt = function (string) {
return string.match(/alt[a-z]+/g);
};
matcher.prototype.prefix_alt = function (string) {
return string.match(/([a-z]+)(?=alt)/g);
};