JavaScript / ECMAScript

Whitespace-Only Line in JS

Matches lines containing only whitespace (or empty lines).

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Pattern

regexJS
^\s*$   (flags: gm)

JavaScript / ECMAScript code

jsJavaScript
const re = new RegExp("^\\s*$", "gm");
const input = "line one\n   \n\nline two";
const matches = [...input.matchAll(re)];
console.log(matches.map(m => m[0]));

Uses `String.prototype.matchAll` for global iteration (Node 12+ / all modern browsers).

How the pattern works

`^\s*$` anchors to a full line that contains zero or more whitespace characters and nothing else.

Examples

Input

line one line two

Matches

Same pattern, other engines

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