SyntaxError: Invalid RegExp: Invalid escape, js engine: hermes

[Albert-Gao]

SyntaxError: Invalid RegExp: Invalid escape, js engine: hermes

[neildhar]

Hey @Albert-Gao, that feature has been implemented in trunk in #1295, but isn't yet in the latest version of React Native. It should work when the next version of RN becomes available.

In the interim, if you have static RegExps that use this feature, you can consider using this babel transform: https://babeljs.io/docs/babel-plugin-transform-unicode-property-regex

Note that if you are using the babel transform, you will need to write your RegExp in the style /^(\\p{Extended_Pictographic}|\\p{Emoji_Component})+$/u, instead of invoking new RegExp

[tmikov]

Can you please provide a minimal repro of the regexp for the Hermes CLI. Ideally it should be one line. We are not able to test RN apps.

[Albert-Gao]

sure :)

I found a test here:
https://github.com/facebook/hermes/blob/main/test/hermes/regexp-icase.js

the regexp causing problem is this one:
RegExp("^(\\p{Extended_Pictographic}|\\p{Emoji_Component})+$", "u")

should i just put it in the test like that, because it fails on the initialization? so it is suffice as a test case?