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JavaScript Regex for capitalized letters with accents

In JavaScript, its easy to match letters and accents with this regex:

text.match(/[a-z\u00E0-\u00FC]+/i);

And only the lowercase letters and accents without the i option:

text.match(/[a-z\u00E0-\u00FC]+/);

But what is the correct regular expression to match only capitalized letters and accents?

EDIT: like the answers already mention below, the regex above also matches some other signs, and miss some special accent characters like ý and Ý, ć and Ć and many others.

Solution

  • The range U+00C0 - U+00DC should be the uppercase equivalent for U+00E0 - U+00FC

    So this text.match(/[A-Z\u00C0-\u00DC]+/); should be what you are looking for.

    A site like graphemica can help you to determine the ranges you need yourself.

    EDIT like the other answers already mention, this also matches some other signs.