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`prefer-starts-ends-with`: Remove `string.match`

See original GitHub issue

We are checking string.match(/^a/), we should not check it, only /^a/.test(string).

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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fiskercommented, Jan 8, 2021

prefer-regexp-test rule has been added, String#match() should be removed.

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silverwindcommented, May 8, 2020

A rule that reports string.match or regex.exec used in a conditional/boolean context might nice to have. It should suggest regex.test for both.

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