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The JavaScript exception "nothing to repeat" or "invalid quantifier in regular expression" occurs when a quantifier in a regular expression is applied to nothing or applied to an assertion.

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The error messages

SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /\b+/: Nothing to repeat (V8-based)
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SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /(?=)+/u: Invalid quantifier (V8-based)
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SyntaxError: nothing to repeat (Firefox)
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SyntaxError: invalid quantifier in regular expression (Firefox)
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SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: nothing to repeat (Safari)
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Details

Category
SyntaxError
Severity
error
Runtime
both

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Source: MDN Web Docs. Data fetched 2026-09-25T01:48:37.274Z.