@@ -473,22 +473,37 @@ fireEvent.click(getElementByText('Submit'), rightClick)
473473Several APIs accept a ` TextMatch ` which can be a ` string ` , ` regex ` or a
474474` function ` which returns ` true ` for a match and ` false ` for a mismatch .
475475
476- Here ' s an example
476+ See [dom - testing - library #textmatch ][dom - testing - lib - textmatch ] for options .
477+
478+ Examples :
477479
478480` ` ` javascript
479- // <div>Hello World</div>
480- // all of the following will find the div
481- getByText('Hello World') // full match
482- getByText('llo worl') // substring match
483- getByText('hello world') // strings ignore case
484- getByText(/Hello W?oRlD/i) // regex
485- getByText((content, element) => content.startsWith('Hello')) // function
486-
487- // all of the following will NOT find the div
488- getByText('Goodbye World') // non-string match
489- getByText(/hello world/) // case-sensitive regex with different case
490- // function looking for a span when it's actually a div
491- getByText((content, element) => {
481+ // <div>
482+ // Hello World
483+ // </div>
484+
485+ // WILL find the div:
486+
487+ // Matching a string:
488+ getByText(container, 'Hello World') // full string match
489+ getByText(container, 'llo Worl'), {exact: false} // substring match
490+ getByText(container, 'hello world', {exact: false}) // ignore case
491+
492+ // Matching a regex:
493+ getByText(container, /World/) // substring match
494+ getByText(container, /world/i) // substring match, ignore case
495+ getByText(container, /^hello world$/i) // full string match, ignore case
496+ getByText(container, /Hello W?oRlD/i) // advanced regex
497+
498+ // Matching with a custom function:
499+ getByText(container, (content, element) => content.startsWith('Hello'))
500+
501+ // WILL NOT find the div:
502+
503+ getByText(container, 'Goodbye World') // full string does not match
504+ getByText(container, /hello world/) // case-sensitive regex with different case
505+ // function looking for a span when it's actually a div:
506+ getByText(container, (content, element) => {
492507 return element.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'span' && content.startsWith('Hello')
493508})
494509` ` `
@@ -863,6 +878,7 @@ Links:
863878[set -immediate ]: https : // developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/setImmediate
864879[guiding -principle ]: https : // twitter.com/kentcdodds/status/977018512689455106
865880[data -testid -blog -post ]: https : // blog.kentcdodds.com/making-your-ui-tests-resilient-to-change-d37a6ee37269
881+ [dom -testing -lib -textmatch ]: https : // github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library#textmatch
866882[bugs ]: https : // github.com/kentcdodds/react-testing-library/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abug+sort%3Acreated-desc
867883[requests ]: https : // github.com/kentcdodds/react-testing-library/issues?q=is%3Aissue+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc+label%3Aenhancement+is%3Aopen
868884[good -first -issue ]: https : // github.com/kentcdodds/react-testing-library/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc+label%3A"good+first+issue"+
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