[Solved] SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: invalid group specifier name

SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: invalid group specifier name

Regular problem

SafariSyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: invalid group specification name
FirefoxSyntaxError: invalid regexp group
Mobile terminal: Android is normal, iOS is not

reason

Firefox, IE, and IOS do not support the following writing methods: ?<=, ?<!, ?!, ?=

Look ahead is a kind of conditional judgment, such as if statement
(?=exp) the position that satisfies expression exp after positive look ahead match
(?!exp) the position that does not satisfy expression exp after negative look ahead match

Solution:

let reg = /ab?<=cd/
Modify to
let reg = new RegExp('ab(?<=cd)')

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