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javascript case-insensitive match for part of a string only

I have the following regex - 

bannerHtml.match(/href\s*=\s*[\"']{clickurl}(.*)[\"']/);

which matches the following -
href = "{clickurl}

Now, I want the matching of href only to be case-insensitive, but not the entire string. I checked adding i pattern modifier, but it seems to be used for the entire string always - 

bannerHtml.match(/href\s*=\s*[\"']{clickurl}(.*)[\"']/i);

Further details I want all of the following to match -
hREF = "{clickurl}
href = "{clickurl}
HREF = "{clickurl}

But, capital case clickurl part should not match -
href = "{CLICKURL}

Solution

  • You can use: 

    /[hH][rR][eE][fF]\s*=\s*[\"']{clickurl}(.*)[\"']/

    The part that changed is: [hH][rR][eE][fF], which means:

    Match h or H, followed by r or R, followed by e or E, and followed by f or F.

    If you want to make it generic, you can create a helper function that will receive a text string like abc and will return [aA][bB][cC]. It should be pretty straightforward.