Javascript Regex for colon?

Question

I'm wondering how I can use javascript regex to match a word like: `Name:` with all variations of spaces ? This is where I'm getting stuck. i.e. - `Name: Fred` - `Name:Fred` or `Name:Fred` Note the positioning of the spaces after the name, after the colon etc ? I was hoping something like `/(name(\s*:\s*)?)\w/g` would work but it doesn't :(

Accepted Answer

Name starts with a capital letter. The regex should also match name starting with a capital N.

- If you want the entire regex to be case insensitive, add the `i` flag at the end.

- If you only want name to start with a lower or upper case N, then use a set

The `*` means 0 or more. The `?` is not needed anymore.

Something like this should work

```
/Name\s*:\s*\w*/g    //matches "Name"

/[Nn]ame\s*:\s*\w*/g //matches "Name" or "name"

/name\s*:\s*\w*/gi   //the entire regex is case insensitive
```

Javascript Regex for colon?

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