How to match arabic words with reg exp?

javascript, regex

Solution

You can create a character class which will match arabic language only:

/^[\p{Arabic}]*/

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Problem

I have a string like this: "سلام علیکم" which is a two word arabic phrase. I want to match first word with regular expression. If it was english I would test `/^[a-zA-Z]*/`. how can I do it with arabic?

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