30-seconds-of-code/snippets/yesNo.md

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title	tags	unlisted	cover	firstSeen	lastUpdated
Check yes/no string	string,regexp	true	mask-quiet	2017-12-30T18:35:54+02:00	2021-01-04T13:04:15+02:00

Returns true if the string is 'y'/'yes' or false if the string is 'n'/'no'.

• Use RegExp.prototype.test() to check if the string evaluates to 'y'/'yes' or 'n'/'no'.
• Omit the second argument, def to set the default answer as 'no'.

const yesNo = (val, def = false) =>
  /^(y|yes)$/i.test(val) ? true : /^(n|no)$/i.test(val) ? false : def;

yesNo('Y'); // true
yesNo('yes'); // true
yesNo('No'); // false
yesNo('Foo', true); // true