Accept Spanish Unicode Chars in JS Regex

Question

I have the following regex set up to accept words and some special characters:

const regex = /^[\w\-'.,?\/()\[\]!&\s]+$/;

I want to extend this to also include the range of special characters in Spanish: ñáéíóú

I found this answer which provides a regex for all special chars, but I'm not sure how to incorporate this kind of solution into my already existing regex.

Change `\w` to `\wñáéíóú`? – trincot May 10 '21 at 12:29 — trincot, May 10 '21 at 12:29
I don't need to use the unicode syntax? `\u2000` etc? – Alk May 10 '21 at 12:32 — Alk, May 10 '21 at 12:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '21 at 12:50

You can simply add those characters to the class you already have in your regex:

const regex = /^[\wñáéíóú\-'.,?\/()\[\]!&\s]+$/;

It is not needed to add the u modifier.

NB: it is not really necessary to escape the [ character inside a character class.

Accept Spanish Unicode Chars in JS Regex

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