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Regex for replacing formatMessage() in react-intl with t() in react-i18next
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Regex for replacing react-intl with react-i18next.md

Here's a regex for replacing formatMessage() in react-intl with t() in react-i18next in the codebase. The solution here is VSCode compatible.

Strings without Arguments

  • Find: formatMessage\(messages.(\w+)\)
  • Replace: t('$1')

Strings with Arguments

  • Find:
    • formatMessage\(messages.([\w.]+)(,)(.+\)) - assuming that the keys are made up of alphanumericals and dots.
    • formatMessage\(messages.(\S+)(,)(.+\)) - a more wildcard match that allow any non empty space character in the keys.
  • Replace: t('$1'$2$3
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