I have a requirement where in a user input the regular expression should match only numbers either digits or numbers with decimal points, however if there is a number followed with a percentage symbol then that should be excluded, but numbers followed with alphabets like 100g or 500 grams should be matched without picking up the alphabet part

I have come up with the following:

let numberPart = importValue.match(/\d (?:[\.,]\d )?\b(?!(?:[\.,]\d )|(?:\s?%|\spercent))/g);

11 grams nutella 1,5% is matched and we get 11 as output

however 11grams nutella 1,5% isn't matched

how can I change it so it matches numbers followed immediately by an alphabet or alphabets.

CodePudding user response：

I think this is what you're looking for

/([\d.,] (?!%))/g

EDIT: I have edited my answer, it now includes commas and dots.

CodePudding user response：

You have a boundary \b inside your regex. Removing it solves the issue:

let numberPart = importValue.match(/\d (?:[\.,]\d )?(?!(?:[\.,]\d )|(?:\s?%|\spercent))/g);

You can debug your regex at regex101.com.