infra(typescript-eslint): prefer-regexp-exec (#2466)

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index b678af74..ad17b31b 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
       'error',
       { blankLine: 'always', prev: 'block-like', next: '*' },
     ],
+    '@typescript-eslint/prefer-regexp-exec': 'error',
     '@typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions': [
       'error',
       { allowNumber: true, allowBoolean: true },
diff --git a/src/modules/helpers/index.ts b/src/modules/helpers/index.ts
index ab0ec5b8..22d8491f 100644
--- a/src/modules/helpers/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/helpers/index.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ export class SimpleHelpersModule {
     if (pattern instanceof RegExp) {
       isCaseInsensitive = pattern.flags.includes('i');
       pattern = pattern.toString();
-      pattern = pattern.match(/\/(.+?)\//)?.[1] ?? ''; // Remove frontslash from front and back of RegExp
+      pattern = /\/(.+?)\//.exec(pattern)?.[1] ?? ''; // Remove frontslash from front and back of RegExp
     }
 
     let min: number;
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export class SimpleHelpersModule {
     // Deal with single wildcards
     const SINGLE_CHAR_REG =
       /([.A-Za-z0-9])(?:\{(\d+)(?:,(\d+)|)\}|(\?|\*|\+))(?![^[]*]|[^{]*})/;
-    let token = pattern.match(SINGLE_CHAR_REG);
+    let token = SINGLE_CHAR_REG.exec(pattern);
     while (token != null) {
       const quantifierMin: string = token[2];
       const quantifierMax: string = token[3];
@@ -434,14 +434,14 @@ export class SimpleHelpersModule {
         pattern.slice(0, token.index) +
         token[1].repeat(repetitions) +
         pattern.slice(token.index + token[0].length);
-      token = pattern.match(SINGLE_CHAR_REG);
+      token = SINGLE_CHAR_REG.exec(pattern);
     }
 
     const SINGLE_RANGE_REG = /(\d-\d|\w-\w|\d|\w|[-!@#$&()`.+,/"])/;
     const RANGE_ALPHANUMEMRIC_REG =
       /\[(\^|)(-|)(.+?)\](?:\{(\d+)(?:,(\d+)|)\}|(\?|\*|\+)|)/;
     // Deal with character classes with quantifiers `[a-z0-9]{min[, max]}`
-    token = pattern.match(RANGE_ALPHANUMEMRIC_REG);
+    token = RANGE_ALPHANUMEMRIC_REG.exec(pattern);
     while (token != null) {
       const isNegated = token[1] === '^';
       const includesDash: boolean = token[2] === '-';
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ export class SimpleHelpersModule {
       const rangeCodes: number[] = [];
 
       let ranges = token[3];
-      let range = ranges.match(SINGLE_RANGE_REG);
+      let range = SINGLE_RANGE_REG.exec(ranges);
 
       if (includesDash) {
         // 45 is the ascii code for '-'
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ export class SimpleHelpersModule {
         }
 
         ranges = ranges.substring(range[0].length);
-        range = ranges.match(SINGLE_RANGE_REG);
+        range = SINGLE_RANGE_REG.exec(ranges);
       }
 
       repetitions = getRepetitionsBasedOnQuantifierParameters(
@@ -549,12 +549,12 @@ export class SimpleHelpersModule {
         pattern.slice(0, token.index) +
         generatedString +
         pattern.slice(token.index + token[0].length);
-      token = pattern.match(RANGE_ALPHANUMEMRIC_REG);
+      token = RANGE_ALPHANUMEMRIC_REG.exec(pattern);
     }
 
     const RANGE_REP_REG = /(.)\{(\d+),(\d+)\}/;
     // Deal with quantifier ranges `{min,max}`
-    token = pattern.match(RANGE_REP_REG);
+    token = RANGE_REP_REG.exec(pattern);
     while (token != null) {
       min = parseInt(token[2]);
       max = parseInt(token[3]);
@@ -568,19 +568,19 @@ export class SimpleHelpersModule {
         pattern.slice(0, token.index) +
         token[1].repeat(repetitions) +
         pattern.slice(token.index + token[0].length);
-      token = pattern.match(RANGE_REP_REG);
+      token = RANGE_REP_REG.exec(pattern);
     }
 
     const REP_REG = /(.)\{(\d+)\}/;
     // Deal with repeat `{num}`
-    token = pattern.match(REP_REG);
+    token = REP_REG.exec(pattern);
     while (token != null) {
       repetitions = parseInt(token[2]);
       pattern =
         pattern.slice(0, token.index) +
         token[1].repeat(repetitions) +
         pattern.slice(token.index + token[0].length);
-      token = pattern.match(REP_REG);
+      token = REP_REG.exec(pattern);
     }
 
     return pattern;
diff --git a/test/modules/airline.spec.ts b/test/modules/airline.spec.ts
index 2cbb47c3..45737f5a 100644
--- a/test/modules/airline.spec.ts
+++ b/test/modules/airline.spec.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('airline', () => {
         const seatRegex = /^(\d{1,2})([A-K])$/;
         it('should return a random narrowbody seat when not passing an argument', () => {
           const seat = faker.airline.seat();
-          const matchResult = seat.match(seatRegex);
+          const matchResult = seatRegex.exec(seat);
           expect(matchResult).not.toBeNull();
           const row = matchResult[1];
           const seatLetter = matchResult[2];
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ describe('airline', () => {
           const seat = faker.airline.seat({
             aircraftType: Aircraft.Narrowbody,
           });
-          const matchResult = seat.match(seatRegex);
+          const matchResult = seatRegex.exec(seat);
           expect(matchResult).not.toBeNull();
           const row = matchResult[1];
           const seatLetter = matchResult[2];
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('airline', () => {
         });
         it('should return a random regional seat', () => {
           const seat = faker.airline.seat({ aircraftType: Aircraft.Regional });
-          const matchResult = seat.match(seatRegex);
+          const matchResult = seatRegex.exec(seat);
           expect(matchResult).not.toBeNull();
           const row = matchResult[1];
           const seatLetter = matchResult[2];
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe('airline', () => {
         });
         it('should return a random widebody seat', () => {
           const seat = faker.airline.seat({ aircraftType: Aircraft.Widebody });
-          const matchResult = seat.match(seatRegex);
+          const matchResult = seatRegex.exec(seat);
           expect(matchResult).not.toBeNull();
           const row = matchResult[1];
           const seatLetter = matchResult[2];