Part of ACREP-30.

Extend the "compared" Handlebars helper to implement a "matches"
operator for regular-expression matching.

diff --git a/src/mkws-handlebars.js b/src/mkws-handlebars.js
index 606dc10..2aaba2c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/mkws-handlebars.js
+++ b/src/mkws-handlebars.js
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper('compare', function (lvalue, operator, rvalue, options
     '>': function (l, r) { return l > r; },
     '<=': function (l, r) { return l <= r; },
     '>=': function (l, r) { return l >= r; },
-    'typeof': function (l, r) { return typeof l == r; }
+    'typeof': function (l, r) { return typeof l == r; },
+    'matches': function (l, r) { return l.match(r); }
   };
 
   if (!operators[operator]) {