Regular expression for digits, decimals, and fractions

How can I create a regex that allows whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and fractions with decimals? The string can also have optional text, only at the end. So far I have this:

const re = /^d*.?d*/?d*.?d*[a-z]*$/gi;

This allows double decimals in a whole number(ie: ‘23.23.23’), which I do not want. Can I modify this regex to allow two decimal points only if it is separated by a ‘/’?

Here are some examples that can pass:

• 23.23/100km
• 1/3
• .23km
• 1.mi
• 1.2/2.1kg

Some examples that shouldn’t pass:

• 1a3km
• 12.12.12
• 1.2.3/12.13km
• 12km/12.44km

Answer

Use

^(?!.*d+(?:.d+){2})d*.?d*/?d*.?d*[a-z]*$

See proof. This expression disallows three numbers that have a period between one another thanks to (?!.*d+(?:.d+){2}) negative lookahead.

EXPLANATION

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  ^                        the beginning of the string
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  (?!                      look ahead to see if there is not:
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    .*                       any character except n (0 or more times
                             (matching the most amount possible))
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    d+                      digits (0-9) (1 or more times (matching
                             the most amount possible))
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    (?:                      group, but do not capture (2 times):
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      .                       '.'
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      d+                      digits (0-9) (1 or more times
                               (matching the most amount possible))
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    ){2}                     end of grouping
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  )                        end of look-ahead
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  d*                      digits (0-9) (0 or more times (matching
                           the most amount possible))
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  .?                      '.' (optional (matching the most amount
                           possible))
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  d*                      digits (0-9) (0 or more times (matching
                           the most amount possible))
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  /?                      '/' (optional (matching the most amount
                           possible))
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  d*                      digits (0-9) (0 or more times (matching
                           the most amount possible))
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  .?                      '.' (optional (matching the most amount
                           possible))
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  d*                      digits (0-9) (0 or more times (matching
                           the most amount possible))
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  [a-z]*                   any character of: 'a' to 'z' (0 or more
                           times (matching the most amount possible))
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  $                        before an optional n, and the end of the
                           string