chore: improve regex usage (#2108)

Author: Shinigami92

scripts/apidoc/signature.ts

@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function typeToText(type_?: Type, short = false): string {
         if (
           (reflectionType?.type === 'literal' ||
             reflectionType?.type === 'union') &&
-          !type.name.match(/Char$/)
+          !/Char$/.test(type.name)
         ) {
           return typeToText(reflectionType, short);
         }

src/modules/finance/index.ts

@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ export class FinanceModule {
     const normalizedIssuer = issuer.toLowerCase();
     if (normalizedIssuer in localeFormat) {
       format = this.faker.helpers.arrayElement(localeFormat[normalizedIssuer]);
-    } else if (issuer.match(/#/)) {
+    } else if (/#/.test(issuer)) {
       // The user chose an optional scheme
       format = issuer;
     } else {

src/modules/helpers/index.ts

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export class HelpersModule {
     let max: number;
     let tmp: number;
     let repetitions: number;
-    let token = string.match(RANGE_REP_REG);
+    let token = RANGE_REP_REG.exec(string);
     while (token != null) {
       min = parseInt(token[2]);
       max = parseInt(token[3]);
@@ -293,23 +293,23 @@ export class HelpersModule {
         string.slice(0, token.index) +
         token[1].repeat(repetitions) +
         string.slice(token.index + token[0].length);
-      token = string.match(RANGE_REP_REG);
+      token = RANGE_REP_REG.exec(string);
     }
 
     // Deal with repeat `{num}`
-    token = string.match(REP_REG);
+    token = REP_REG.exec(string);
     while (token != null) {
       repetitions = parseInt(token[2]);
       string =
         string.slice(0, token.index) +
         token[1].repeat(repetitions) +
         string.slice(token.index + token[0].length);
-      token = string.match(REP_REG);
+      token = REP_REG.exec(string);
     }
     // Deal with range `[min-max]` (only works with numbers for now)
     //TODO: implement for letters e.g. [0-9a-zA-Z] etc.
 
-    token = string.match(RANGE_REG);
+    token = RANGE_REG.exec(string);
     while (token != null) {
       min = parseInt(token[1]); // This time we are not capturing the char before `[]`
       max = parseInt(token[2]);
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ export class HelpersModule {
         string.slice(0, token.index) +
         this.faker.number.int({ min, max }).toString() +
         string.slice(token.index + token[0].length);
-      token = string.match(RANGE_REG);
+      token = RANGE_REG.exec(string);
     }
 
     return string;

src/modules/internet/index.ts

@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ export class InternetModule {
       }
 
       if (memorable) {
-        if (prefix.match(consonant)) {
+        if (consonant.test(prefix)) {
           pattern = vowel;
         } else {
           pattern = consonant;
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ export class InternetModule {
         char = char.toLowerCase();
       }
 
-      if (!char.match(pattern)) {
+      if (!pattern.test(char)) {
         return _password(length, memorable, pattern, prefix);
       }