SPC018901: No assignment in conditional statement
SPC018902: Consider to not use, or shim the console object
SPC018904: Consider to disallow Controls Characters in Regular Expressions
SPC018905: Consider to disallow extra boolean casts
SPC018906: Disallow negated left operand of 'in' operator
SPC018907: Disallow Global Object Function Calls
SPC018908: Disallow usage of NaN directly
SPC018909: Ensure type checks are against valid types
SPC018910: Assignment to function name not allowed
SPC018911: Do not do toString directly on method objects
SPC018912: Disallow use of delete on variables
SPC018970: Catch identifiers should be unique
SPC018971: Ambiguous named function expression
SPC018972: Export not at module level
SPC018973: Numeric literal causes overflow or underflow exception
SPC018974: Strict operator always evaluates to true or false
SPC018975: Array literal trailing commas has cross-browser difference
SPC018976: Variable or function declaration redefines the catch error name
SPC018977: Constant declaration already declared
SPC018978: Duplicate lexical declaration; cannot redefine let or const variables
SPC018979: High-surrogate pair value not followed by low-surrogate value
SPC018980: Reserved words and should not be used as an identifier
SPC018981: Low-surrogate pair value not preceeded by high-surrogate value
SPC018982: Function declaration should not be inside a statement. Cross-browser behavior difference
SPC018983: Reserved word used as object literal property name; cross-browser issue
SPC018985: Identifier already in use
SPC018992: Octal literals are deprecated. Possible cross-browser behavior difference
SPC018993: New line not allowed
SPC018994: Imported module does not export name
SPC018997: Semicolon insertion
SPC018998: A statement block is expected
SPC018999: Suspect assigment
SPC2389100: Strict-mode does not allow duplicate argument names
SPC2389101: Strict-mode does not allow certain variable names
SPC2389102: Strict-mode does not allow certain function names
SPC2389103: Strict-mode does not allow duplicate property names
SPC2389104: Strict-mode does not allow assignment to certain variables
SPC2389105: Strict-mode does not allow ++ or -- on certain objects
SPC2389106: Strict-mode does not allow certain delete operands
SPC2389107: Strict-mode does not allow certain argument names
SPC2389108: Assignment to constant
SPC2389109: String literal is not safe for inline
SPC2389110: Strict-mode does not allow assignment to undefined variables
SPC2389111: End of file encountered before function is properly closed
SPC2389112: Expected ///#ENDIF directive
SPC2389113: Expected ///#ENDDEBUG directive
SPC2389114: Invalid numeric literal
SPC2389115: Suspect equality comparison
SPC2389116: Strict-mode does not allow certain catch error binding names
SPC2389117: Binding patterns in var statements require initializer
SPC2389118: Implicit object property name must be identifier
SPC2389119: Setter method must have a single format argument
SPC2389120: Rest parameter can only be last parameter
SPC2389121: Unable to convert to binding syntax
SPC2389122: Unable to convert from binding syntax
SPC2389123: Invalid binding syntax
SPC2389124: Methods not allowed in object literal bindings
SPC2389125: Expected for or if keyword
SPC2389126: Expected class element
SPC2389127: Duplicate class element name
SPC2389128: Class constructor must be regular method
SPC2389129: Class static method cannot be named 'prototype'
SPC2389130: Expected binding
SPC2389131: Multiple default exports
SPC2389132: Import statement must include module name
SPC2389133: Duplicate module declaration
SPC2389134: Imported module has no default export
SPC2389135: Expected 'from'
SPC2389136: Expected string literal
SPC2389137: Expected specifier set
SPC2389138: Arrow functions cannot be constructors
SPC2389139: Application Error
SPC2389140: No Source Error
SPC238950: Could not parse JavaScript code
SPC238951: Syntax error
SPC238952: Expected ':'
SPC238953: Expected ';'
SPC238954: Expected '('
SPC238955: Expected ')'
SPC238956: Expected ']'
SPC238957: Expected '{'
SPC238958: Expected '}'
SPC238959: Expected identifier
SPC238960: Expected '='
SPC238961: Illegal assignment
SPC238962: Syntax error in regular expression
SPC238963: Invalid character
SPC238964: Unterminated string constant
SPC238965: Unterminated comment
SPC238966: 'return' statement outside of function
SPC238967: Can't have 'break' outside of loop
SPC238968: Can't have 'continue' outside of loop
SPC238969: unused label
SPC238970: Expected hexadecimal digit
SPC238971: Expected 'while'
SPC238972: Label redefined
SPC238973: Label not found
SPC238974: 'default' can only appear once in a 'switch' statement
SPC238975: Expected identifier or string
SPC238976: Expected '@end'
SPC238977: Conditional compilation is turned off
SPC238978: Expected 'catch'
SPC238979: Unmatched 'else'; no 'if' defined
SPC238980: Expected ','
SPC238981: Missing 'case' or 'default' statement
SPC238982: Unmatched '@end'; no '@if' defined
SPC238983: Unmatched '@else'; no '@if' defined
SPC238984: Unmatched '@elif'; no '@if' defined
SPC238985: Expecting more source characters
SPC238987: Expected ',' or ')'
SPC238988: Expected ',' or ']'
SPC238989: Expected expression
SPC238990: Unexpected ';'
SPC238991: Too many tokens have been skipped in the process of recovering from errors. The file may not be a JScript.NET file
SPC238992: Did you intend to have an empty statement for this branch of the if statement?
SPC238993: A variable argument list must be the last argument
SPC238994: Function expression expected
SPC238995: JSParser Exception
SPC238996: Resource reference must be single constant value
SPC238997: Conditiona compilation structure too complex
SPC238998: Unterminated ASP.NET block
SPC238999: Strict-mode does not allow with-statements
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SPC018904: Consider to disallow Controls Characters in Regular Expressions

Control characters are special, invisible characters in the ASCII range 0-31. These characters are rarely used in JavaScript strings so a regular expression containing these characters is most likely a mistake.

CheckId SPC018904
TypeName NoControlCharactersInRegExp
Severity Warning
Type JavaScriptFile
Resolution

Bad Practice

var regexPattern = /\x21/

Good Practice
// Actually trying to match an encoded hexidecimal value in the textvar regexPattern = /\\x21/

See also
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