unicorn/no-hex-escape Pedantic

🛠️ An auto-fix is available for this rule.

Enforces a convention of using Unicode escapes instead of hexadecimal escapes for consistency and clarity.

Using hexadecimal escapes can be less readable and harder to understand when compared to Unicode escapes.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

javascript

const foo = "\x1B";
const foo = `\x1B${bar}`;

Examples of correct code for this rule:

javascript

const foo = "\u001B";
const foo = `\u001B${bar}`;

How to use

To enable this rule using the config file or in the CLI, you can use:

Config (.oxlintrc.json)Config (oxlint.config.ts)CLI

json

{
  "rules": {
    "unicorn/no-hex-escape": "error"
  }
}

import { defineConfig } from "oxlint";

export default defineConfig({
  rules: {
    "unicorn/no-hex-escape": "error",
  },
});

bash

oxlint --deny unicorn/no-hex-escape

This rule was added in v0.0.18.