1 # is-extglob [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/is-extglob.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-extglob) [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/is-extglob.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/is-extglob) [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/is-extglob.svg?style=flat)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/is-extglob)
3 > Returns true if a string has an extglob.
7 Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
10 $ npm install --save is-extglob
16 var isExtglob = require('is-extglob');
34 isExtglob('\\?(abc)');
35 isExtglob('\\@(abc)');
36 isExtglob('\\!(abc)');
37 isExtglob('\\*(abc)');
38 isExtglob('\\+(abc)');
47 isExtglob('**/abc.js');
48 isExtglob('abc/*.js');
49 isExtglob('abc/(aaa|bbb).js');
50 isExtglob('abc/[a-z].js');
51 isExtglob('abc/{a,b}.js');
52 isExtglob('abc/?.js');
54 isExtglob('abc/def/ghi.js');
61 Adds support for escaping. Escaped exglobs no longer return true.
67 * [has-glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/has-glob): Returns `true` if an array has a glob pattern. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/has-glob "Returns `true` if an array has a glob pattern.")
68 * [is-glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-glob): Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob "Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern. This makes it easy to create code that only uses external modules like node-glob when necessary, resulting in much faster code execution and initialization time, and a bet")
69 * [micromatch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch): Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/micromatch "Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch.")
73 Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
77 _(This document was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme) (a [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in [.verb.md](.verb.md).)_
79 To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb):
82 $ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb
87 Install dev dependencies:
90 $ npm install -d && npm test
97 * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
98 * [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
102 Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
103 Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-extglob/blob/master/LICENSE).
107 _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.1.31, on October 12, 2016._