README.md

# 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)

> Returns true if a string has an extglob.

## Install

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```sh
$ npm install --save is-extglob
```

## Usage

```js
var isExtglob = require('is-extglob');
```

**True**

```js
isExtglob('?(abc)');
isExtglob('@(abc)');
isExtglob('!(abc)');
isExtglob('*(abc)');
isExtglob('+(abc)');
```

**False**

Escaped extglobs:

```js
isExtglob('\\?(abc)');
isExtglob('\\@(abc)');
isExtglob('\\!(abc)');
isExtglob('\\*(abc)');
isExtglob('\\+(abc)');
```

Everything else...

```js
isExtglob('foo.js');
isExtglob('!foo.js');
isExtglob('*.js');
isExtglob('**/abc.js');
isExtglob('abc/*.js');
isExtglob('abc/(aaa|bbb).js');
isExtglob('abc/[a-z].js');
isExtglob('abc/{a,b}.js');
isExtglob('abc/?.js');
isExtglob('abc.js');
isExtglob('abc/def/ghi.js');
```

## History

**v2.0**

Adds support for escaping. Escaped exglobs no longer return true.

## About

### Related projects

* [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.")
* [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")
* [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.")

### Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).

### Building docs

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### Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

```sh
$ npm install -d && npm test
```

### Author

**Jon Schlinkert**

* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
* [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)

### License

Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-extglob/blob/master/LICENSE).

***

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