# regjsgen [![Build status](https://travis-ci.org/demoneaux/regjsgen.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/demoneaux/regjsgen) [![Code coverage status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/demoneaux/regjsgen/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/demoneaux/regjsgen?branch=master)

Generate regular expressions from [regjsparser](https://github.com/jviereck/regjsparser)’s AST.

## Installation

```bash
npm install --save regjsgen
```

## API

### `regjsgen.generate(ast)`

This function accepts an abstract syntax tree representing a regular expression, and returns the generated regular expression string.

```js
var regjsparser = require('regjsparser');
var regjsgen = require('regjsgen');

// Generate an AST with `regjsparser`.
var ast = regjsparser.parse(regex);

// Modify AST
// …

// Generate `RegExp` string with `regjsgen`.
regex = regjsgen.generate(ast);
```

## Support

Tested in Node.js 0.10.x, 0.12.x, 4.x and 5.x.

## Author

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| [Benjamin Tan](https://demoneaux.github.io/) |

## Contributors

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| [Mathias Bynens](https://mathiasbynens.be/) |