Regex match any js number

So as an exercise I wanted to match any JS number. This is the one I could come up with:

/^(-?)(0|([1-9]d*?|0)(.d+)?)$/

This however doesn’t match the new syntax with underscore separators (1_2.3_4). I tried a couple of things but I couldn’t come up with something that would work. How could I express all JS numbers in one regex?

Answer

For the format in the question, you could use:

^-?d+(?:_d+)*(?:.d+(?:_d+)*)?$

See a regex demo.

Or allowing only a single leading zero:

^-?(?:0|[1-9]d*)(?:_d+)*(?:.d+(?:_d+)*)?$

The pattern matches:

• ^ Start of string
• -? Match an optional -
• (?:0|[1-9]d*) Match either 0 or 1-9 and optional digits
• (?:_d+)* Optionally repeat matching _ and 1+ digits
• (?: Non capture group
  • .d+(?:_d+)* Match . and 1+ digits and optionally repeat matching _ and 1+ digits
• )? Close non capture group
• $ End of string

See another regex demo.