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const layer = svg.match(re)[0]; TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading '0')

I have this code that lays 3 different svgs over each other to form one svg, but I keep getting an error. Please help, thank you :)

function getLayer(name, skip=0.0) {
    const svg = readFileSync(`./layers/${name}.svg`, 'utf-8');
    const re = /(?<=\<svg\s*[^>]*>)([\s\S]*?)(?=\<\/svg\>)/g
    const layer = svg.match(re)[0];
    return Math.random() > skip ? layer : '';
}
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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the problem is yhe file you are trying to read is not matched with the regex you provided. you can gaurd your code like the followig:

function getLayer(name, skip=0.0) {
    const svg = readFileSync(`./layers/${name}.svg`, 'utf-8');
    const re = /(?<=\<svg\s*[^>]*>)([\s\S]*?)(?=\<\/svg\>)/g
    const res = svg.match(re);
    return res?.length && Math.random() > skip ? res[0] : ''
}

otherwise you should check your input file for invalid svg matches

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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