Error using both lookahead and look behind regex

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I am having a problem using the following regex. It works fine in regexr and rubular but it gives me an error when running it on node.js. I am fairly new to using regex and i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. It will work if I knock off the `(?<= )` so I presume that is the problem. I'm trying to match 'is' with a leading and trailing space using `/(?<= )is(?= )|==/g` Example with test words: http://regexr.com?33781 Node error output ``` temp = temp.replace(/(?<= )is(?= )|==/g, '==='); ^ SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /(?<= )is(?= )|==/: Invalid group at new RegExp (unknown source) ```

Accepted Answer

JavaScript regex does not support lookbehind at all.

Sources:

- http://www.regular-expressions.info/lookaround.html#limitbehindand

- http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html

- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions

However, you can fake it in some cases.

Error using both lookahead and look behind regex

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