test: fix RegExp nits

* Remove needless RegExp flag

  In fixed case, `/g` flag is needless in the boolean context.

* Remove needless RegExp capturing

  Use non-capturing grouping or remove capturing completely when:

  * capturing is useless per se, e.g. in test() check;
  * captured groups are not used afterward at all;
  * some of the later captured groups are not used afterward.

* Use test, not match/exec in boolean context

  match() and exec() return a complicated object,
  unneeded in a boolean context.

* Do not needlessly repeat RegExp creation

  This commit takes RegExp creation out of cycles and other repetitions.

  As long as the RegExp does not use /g flag and match indices,
  we are safe here.

  In tests, this fix hardly gives a significant performance gain,
  but it increases clarity and maintainability,
  reassuring some RegExps to be identical.

  RegExp in functions are not taken out of their functions:
  while these functions are called many times
  and their RegExps are recreated with each call,
  the performance gain in test cases
  does not seem to be worth decreasing function self-dependency.

Backport-PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14370
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13770
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

40 files changed, 195 insertions, 172 deletions

diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index a4f61e9ccc..455d50fe6c 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -196,8 +196,9 @@ if (exports.isWindows) {
 }
 
 const ifaces = os.networkInterfaces();
+const re = /lo/;
 exports.hasIPv6 = Object.keys(ifaces).some(function(name) {
-  return /lo/.test(name) && ifaces[name].some(function(info) {
+  return re.test(name) && ifaces[name].some(function(info) {
     return info.family === 'IPv6';
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/debugger/helper-debugger-repl.js b/test/debugger/helper-debugger-repl.js
index 4c1bf68594..ca2dd37e83 100644
--- a/test/debugger/helper-debugger-repl.js
+++ b/test/debugger/helper-debugger-repl.js
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ function startDebugger(scriptToDebug) {
   child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
 
   child.on('line', function(line) {
-    line = line.replace(/^(debug> *)+/, '');
+    line = line.replace(/^(?:debug> *)+/, '');
     console.log(line);
     assert.ok(expected.length > 0, `Got unexpected line: ${line}`);
 
     const expectedLine = expected[0].lines.shift();
-    assert.ok(line.match(expectedLine) !== null, `${line} != ${expectedLine}`);
+    assert.ok(expectedLine.test(line), `${line} != ${expectedLine}`);
 
     if (expected[0].lines.length === 0) {
       const callback = expected[0].callback;
diff --git a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
index 58ec2bc731..b28d34b57e 100644
--- a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
+++ b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ const testData = [
   },
 ];
 
+const spaces = /\s/g;
+
 testData.forEach((item) => {
   // Normalize expected data by stripping whitespace
-  const expected = item.html.replace(/\s/g, '');
+  const expected = item.html.replace(spaces, '');
   const includeAnalytics = typeof item.analyticsId !== 'undefined';
 
   fs.readFile(item.file, 'utf8', common.mustCall((err, input) => {
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ testData.forEach((item) => {
         common.mustCall((err, output) => {
           assert.ifError(err);
 
-          const actual = output.replace(/\s/g, '');
+          const actual = output.replace(spaces, '');
           // Assert that the input stripped of all whitespace contains the
           // expected list
           assert.notStrictEqual(actual.indexOf(expected), -1);
diff --git a/test/inspector/test-inspector.js b/test/inspector/test-inspector.js
index f4de8bbc28..59d6d4cf71 100644
--- a/test/inspector/test-inspector.js
+++ b/test/inspector/test-inspector.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ function checkListResponse(err, response) {
   assert.strictEqual(1, response.length);
   assert.ok(response[0]['devtoolsFrontendUrl']);
   assert.ok(
-    response[0]['webSocketDebuggerUrl']
-      .match(/ws:\/\/127.0.0.1:\d+\/[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-/));
+    /ws:\/\/127.0.0.1:\d+\/[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-/
+      .test(response[0]['webSocketDebuggerUrl']));
 }
 
 function checkVersion(err, response) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-prototype-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-prototype-inspect.js
index 5f65a9bb28..9e6c66dc3d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-prototype-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-prototype-inspect.js
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ const util = require('util');
 
 {
   const buf = Buffer.from('x'.repeat(51));
-  assert.ok(/^<Buffer (78 ){50}\.\.\. >$/.test(util.inspect(buf)));
+  assert.ok(/^<Buffer (?:78 ){50}\.\.\. >$/.test(util.inspect(buf)));
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-syntax.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-syntax.js
index 1986c117ab..6426a5803c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-syntax.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-syntax.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ const syntaxArgs = [
   ['--check']
 ];
 
+const syntaxErrorRE = /^SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier$/m;
+const notFoundRE = /^Error: Cannot find module/m;
+
 // test good syntax with and without shebang
 [
   'syntax/good_syntax.js',
@@ -53,8 +56,7 @@ const syntaxArgs = [
     assert.strictEqual(c.stdout, '', 'stdout produced');
 
     // stderr should have a syntax error message
-    const match = c.stderr.match(/^SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier$/m);
-    assert(match, 'stderr incorrect');
+    assert(syntaxErrorRE.test(c.stderr), 'stderr incorrect');
 
     assert.strictEqual(c.status, 1, `code == ${c.status}`);
   });
@@ -76,8 +78,7 @@ const syntaxArgs = [
     assert.strictEqual(c.stdout, '', 'stdout produced');
 
     // stderr should have a module not found error message
-    const match = c.stderr.match(/^Error: Cannot find module/m);
-    assert(match, 'stderr incorrect');
+    assert(notFoundRE.test(c.stderr), 'stderr incorrect');
 
     assert.strictEqual(c.status, 1, `code == ${c.status}`);
   });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
index 5caaf121a5..b92d6d681d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ const TEST_CASES = [
     tag: 'a44a8266ee1c8eb0c8b5d4cf5ae9f19a', tampered: false },
 ];
 
+const errMessages = {
+  auth: / auth/,
+  state: / state/,
+  FIPS: /not supported in FIPS mode/,
+  length: /Invalid IV length/,
+};
+
 const ciphers = crypto.getCiphers();
 
 for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
@@ -357,14 +364,14 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
       assert.strictEqual(msg, test.plain);
     } else {
       // assert that final throws if input data could not be verified!
-      assert.throws(function() { decrypt.final('ascii'); }, / auth/);
+      assert.throws(function() { decrypt.final('ascii'); }, errMessages.auth);
     }
   }
 
   if (test.password) {
     if (common.hasFipsCrypto) {
       assert.throws(() => { crypto.createCipher(test.algo, test.password); },
-                    /not supported in FIPS mode/);
+                    errMessages.FIPS);
     } else {
       const encrypt = crypto.createCipher(test.algo, test.password);
       if (test.aad)
@@ -383,7 +390,7 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
   if (test.password) {
     if (common.hasFipsCrypto) {
       assert.throws(() => { crypto.createDecipher(test.algo, test.password); },
-                    /not supported in FIPS mode/);
+                    errMessages.FIPS);
     } else {
       const decrypt = crypto.createDecipher(test.algo, test.password);
       decrypt.setAuthTag(Buffer.from(test.tag, 'hex'));
@@ -395,7 +402,7 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
         assert.strictEqual(msg, test.plain);
       } else {
         // assert that final throws if input data could not be verified!
-        assert.throws(function() { decrypt.final('ascii'); }, / auth/);
+        assert.throws(function() { decrypt.final('ascii'); }, errMessages.auth);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -406,7 +413,7 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
                                           Buffer.from(test.key, 'hex'),
                                           Buffer.from(test.iv, 'hex'));
     encrypt.update('blah', 'ascii');
-    assert.throws(function() { encrypt.getAuthTag(); }, / state/);
+    assert.throws(function() { encrypt.getAuthTag(); }, errMessages.state);
   }
 
   {
@@ -415,7 +422,7 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
                                           Buffer.from(test.key, 'hex'),
                                           Buffer.from(test.iv, 'hex'));
     assert.throws(() => { encrypt.setAuthTag(Buffer.from(test.tag, 'hex')); },
-                  / state/);
+                  errMessages.state);
   }
 
   {
@@ -423,7 +430,7 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
     const decrypt = crypto.createDecipheriv(test.algo,
                                             Buffer.from(test.key, 'hex'),
                                             Buffer.from(test.iv, 'hex'));
-    assert.throws(function() { decrypt.getAuthTag(); }, / state/);
+    assert.throws(function() { decrypt.getAuthTag(); }, errMessages.state);
   }
 
   {
@@ -434,7 +441,7 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
         Buffer.from(test.key, 'hex'),
         Buffer.alloc(0)
       );
-    }, /Invalid IV length/);
+    }, errMessages.length);
   }
 }
 
@@ -446,6 +453,7 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
                             '6fKjEjR3Vl30EUYC');
   encrypt.update('blah', 'ascii');
   encrypt.final();
-  assert.throws(() => encrypt.getAuthTag(), / state/);
-  assert.throws(() => encrypt.setAAD(Buffer.from('123', 'ascii')), / state/);
+  assert.throws(() => encrypt.getAuthTag(), errMessages.state);
+  assert.throws(() => encrypt.setAAD(Buffer.from('123', 'ascii')),
+                errMessages.state);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipheriv-decipheriv.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipheriv-decipheriv.js
index 6f22dbe71a..7c1fad34bf 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipheriv-decipheriv.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipheriv-decipheriv.js
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ testCipher2(Buffer.from('0123456789abcd0123456789'), Buffer.from('12345678'));
 // Zero-sized IV should be accepted in ECB mode.
 crypto.createCipheriv('aes-128-ecb', Buffer.alloc(16), Buffer.alloc(0));
 
+const errMessage = /Invalid IV length/;
+
 // But non-empty IVs should be rejected.
 for (let n = 1; n < 256; n += 1) {
   assert.throws(
       () => crypto.createCipheriv('aes-128-ecb', Buffer.alloc(16),
                                   Buffer.alloc(n)),
-      /Invalid IV length/);
+      errMessage);
 }
 
 // Correctly sized IV should be accepted in CBC mode.
@@ -83,14 +85,14 @@ for (let n = 0; n < 256; n += 1) {
   assert.throws(
       () => crypto.createCipheriv('aes-128-cbc', Buffer.alloc(16),
                                   Buffer.alloc(n)),
-      /Invalid IV length/);
+      errMessage);
 }
 
 // Zero-sized IV should be rejected in GCM mode.
 assert.throws(
     () => crypto.createCipheriv('aes-128-gcm', Buffer.alloc(16),
                                 Buffer.alloc(0)),
-    /Invalid IV length/);
+    errMessage);
 
 // But all other IV lengths should be accepted.
 for (let n = 1; n < 256; n += 1) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh.js
index 9e1226efaf..ccc30353af 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh.js
@@ -280,14 +280,15 @@ if (availableCurves.has('prime256v1') && availableCurves.has('secp256k1')) {
   // rejected.
   ecdh5.setPrivateKey(cafebabeKey, 'hex');
 
-  [ // Some invalid private keys for the secp256k1 curve.
-    '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
-    'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141',
-    'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF',
+  // Some invalid private keys for the secp256k1 curve.
+  const errMessage = /^Error: Private key is not valid for specified curve.$/;
+  ['0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+   'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141',
+   'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF',
   ].forEach((element) => {
     assert.throws(() => {
       ecdh5.setPrivateKey(element, 'hex');
-    }, /^Error: Private key is not valid for specified curve.$/);
+    }, errMessage);
     // Verify object state did not change.
     assert.strictEqual(ecdh5.getPrivateKey('hex'), cafebabeKey);
   });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto.js
index 4a08463ca3..a923694f3d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto.js
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ validateList(cryptoCiphers);
 const tlsCiphers = tls.getCiphers();
 assert(tls.getCiphers().includes('aes256-sha'));
 // There should be no capital letters in any element.
-assert(tlsCiphers.every((value) => /^[^A-Z]+$/.test(value)));
+const noCapitals = /^[^A-Z]+$/;
+assert(tlsCiphers.every((value) => noCapitals.test(value)));
 validateList(tlsCiphers);
 
 // Assert that we have sha and sha1 but not SHA and SHA1.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-error-reporting.js b/test/parallel/test-error-reporting.js
index 965d7fbf77..73799cda48 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-error-reporting.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-error-reporting.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ function errExec(script, callback) {
   });
 }
 
+const syntaxErrorMessage = /SyntaxError/;
+
 
 // Simple throw error
 errExec('throws_error.js', common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
@@ -30,30 +32,30 @@ errExec('throws_error.js', common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
 
 // Trying to JSON.parse(undefined)
 errExec('throws_error2.js', common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-  assert.ok(/SyntaxError/.test(stderr));
+  assert.ok(syntaxErrorMessage.test(stderr));
 }));
 
 
 // Trying to JSON.parse(undefined) in nextTick
 errExec('throws_error3.js', common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-  assert.ok(/SyntaxError/.test(stderr));
+  assert.ok(syntaxErrorMessage.test(stderr));
 }));
 
 
 // throw ILLEGAL error
 errExec('throws_error4.js', common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
   assert.ok(/\/\*\*/.test(stderr));
-  assert.ok(/SyntaxError/.test(stderr));
+  assert.ok(syntaxErrorMessage.test(stderr));
 }));
 
 // Specific long exception line doesn't result in stack overflow
 errExec('throws_error5.js', common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-  assert.ok(/SyntaxError/.test(stderr));
+  assert.ok(syntaxErrorMessage.test(stderr));
 }));
 
 // Long exception line with length > errorBuffer doesn't result in assertion
 errExec('throws_error6.js', common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-  assert.ok(/SyntaxError/.test(stderr));
+  assert.ok(syntaxErrorMessage.test(stderr));
 }));
 
 // Object that throws in toString() doesn't print garbage
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-max-listeners.js b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-max-listeners.js
index 0ace154aa0..2946c48f8f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-max-listeners.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-max-listeners.js
@@ -9,16 +9,10 @@ e.on('maxListeners', common.mustCall(function() {}));
 // Should not corrupt the 'maxListeners' queue.
 e.setMaxListeners(42);
 
-assert.throws(function() {
-  e.setMaxListeners(NaN);
-}, /^TypeError: "n" argument must be a positive number$/);
+const maxError = /^TypeError: "n" argument must be a positive number$/;
 
-assert.throws(function() {
-  e.setMaxListeners(-1);
-}, /^TypeError: "n" argument must be a positive number$/);
-
-assert.throws(function() {
-  e.setMaxListeners('and even this');
-}, /^TypeError: "n" argument must be a positive number$/);
+assert.throws(function() { e.setMaxListeners(NaN); }, maxError);
+assert.throws(function() { e.setMaxListeners(-1); }, maxError);
+assert.throws(function() { e.setMaxListeners('and even this'); }, maxError);
 
 e.emit('maxListeners');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js
index 24d5514eec..aa9935df29 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function check(async, sync) {
   const expected = /Path must be a string without null bytes/;
   const argsSync = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
   const argsAsync = argsSync.concat((er) => {
-    assert(er && er.message.match(expected));
+    assert(er && expected.test(er.message));
     assert.strictEqual(er.code, 'ENOENT');
   });
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js
index 81f924d355..0eb2de6aca 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
   fs.createReadStream(example, {encoding: 'utf8'});
 });
 
+const errMessage = /"options" argument must be a string or an object/;
 assert.throws(function() {
   fs.createReadStream(example, null);
-}, /"options" argument must be a string or an object/);
+}, errMessage);
 assert.throws(function() {
   fs.createReadStream(example, 123);
-}, /"options" argument must be a string or an object/);
+}, errMessage);
 assert.throws(function() {
   fs.createReadStream(example, 0);
-}, /"options" argument must be a string or an object/);
+}, errMessage);
 assert.throws(function() {
   fs.createReadStream(example, true);
-}, /"options" argument must be a string or an object/);
+}, errMessage);
 assert.throws(function() {
   fs.createReadStream(example, false);
-}, /"options" argument must be a string or an object/);
+}, errMessage);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-global-console-exists.js b/test/parallel/test-global-console-exists.js
index d4a7c21222..fe77d42630 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-global-console-exists.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-global-console-exists.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ process.on('warning', (warning) => {
 
 process.stderr.write = (data) => {
   if (write_calls === 0)
-    assert.ok(data.match(leak_warning));
+    assert.ok(leak_warning.test(data));
   else
     common.fail('stderr.write should be called only once');
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-client-unescaped-path.js b/test/parallel/test-http-client-unescaped-path.js
index eb04a42d37..ce4db0c7cd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-client-unescaped-path.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-client-unescaped-path.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
 
+const errMessage = /contains unescaped characters/;
 for (let i = 0; i <= 32; i += 1) {
   const path = `bad${String.fromCharCode(i)}path`;
-  assert.throws(() => http.get({ path }, common.mustNotCall()),
-                /contains unescaped characters/);
+  assert.throws(() => http.get({ path }, common.mustNotCall()), errMessage);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server.js
index 90c2709ebd..1bf6194874 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-server.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server.js
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ process.on('exit', function() {
   assert.strictEqual(4, requests_sent);
 
   const hello = new RegExp('/hello');
-  assert.notStrictEqual(null, hello.exec(server_response));
+  assert.ok(hello.test(server_response));
 
   const quit = new RegExp('/quit');
-  assert.notStrictEqual(null, quit.exec(server_response));
+  assert.ok(quit.test(server_response));
 
   assert.strictEqual(true, client_got_eof);
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-path.js b/test/parallel/test-path.js
index 9541cdcbb8..46f36e36e7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-path.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-path.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ const path = require('path');
 const f = __filename;
 const failures = [];
 
+const slashRE = /\//g;
+const backslashRE = /\\/g;
+
 // path.basename tests
 assert.strictEqual(path.basename(f), 'test-path.js');
 assert.strictEqual(path.basename(f, '.js'), 'test-path');
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(path.win32.dirname('foo'), '.');
     let input = test[0];
     let os;
     if (extname === path.win32.extname) {
-      input = input.replace(/\//g, '\\');
+      input = input.replace(slashRE, '\\');
       os = 'win32';
     } else {
       os = 'posix';
@@ -324,7 +327,7 @@ joinTests.forEach((test) => {
       let actualAlt;
       let os;
       if (join === path.win32.join) {
-        actualAlt = actual.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+        actualAlt = actual.replace(backslashRE, '/');
         os = 'win32';
       } else {
         os = 'posix';
@@ -430,9 +433,9 @@ resolveTests.forEach((test) => {
     let actualAlt;
     const os = resolve === path.win32.resolve ? 'win32' : 'posix';
     if (resolve === path.win32.resolve && !common.isWindows)
-      actualAlt = actual.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+      actualAlt = actual.replace(backslashRE, '/');
     else if (resolve !== path.win32.resolve && common.isWindows)
-      actualAlt = actual.replace(/\//g, '\\');
+      actualAlt = actual.replace(slashRE, '\\');
 
     const expected = test[1];
     const message =
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-chdir.js b/test/parallel/test-process-chdir.js
index b137be4611..61707706a3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-chdir.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-chdir.js
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ process.chdir('..');
 assert.strictEqual(process.cwd().normalize(),
                    path.resolve(common.tmpDir).normalize());
 
+const errMessage = /^TypeError: Bad argument\.$/;
 assert.throws(function() { process.chdir({}); },
-              /^TypeError: Bad argument\.$/, 'Bad argument.');
+              errMessage, 'Bad argument.');
 assert.throws(function() { process.chdir(); },
-              /^TypeError: Bad argument\.$/, 'Bad argument.');
+              errMessage, 'Bad argument.');
 assert.throws(function() { process.chdir('x', 'y'); },
-              /^TypeError: Bad argument\.$/, 'Bad argument.');
+              errMessage, 'Bad argument.');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-emitwarning.js b/test/parallel/test-process-emitwarning.js
index 651bdbd1ab..6d24865d3c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-emitwarning.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-emitwarning.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const util = require('util');
 
 process.on('warning', common.mustCall((warning) => {
   assert(warning);
-  assert(/^(Warning|CustomWarning)/.test(warning.name));
+  assert(/^(?:Warning|CustomWarning)/.test(warning.name));
   assert(warning.message, 'A Warning');
 }, 7));
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js b/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js
index b60eb91366..33cb718eae 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ if (process.getuid() !== 0) {
 
   assert.throws(
     () => { process.setgid('nobody'); },
-    /^Error: (EPERM, .+|setgid group id does not exist)$/
+    /^Error: (?:EPERM, .+|setgid group id does not exist)$/
   );
 
   assert.throws(
     () => { process.setuid('nobody'); },
-    /^Error: (EPERM, .+|setuid user id does not exist)$/
+    /^Error: (?:EPERM, .+|setuid user id does not exist)$/
   );
   return;
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl.js b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
index 2b2cf1a199..2fc888de67 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function error_test() {
         let expect = client_unix.expect;
         if (expect === prompt_multiline)
           expect = /[.]{3} /;
-        assert.ok(read_buffer.match(expect));
+        assert.ok(RegExp(expect).test(read_buffer));
         console.error('match');
       }
       read_buffer = '';
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ function error_test() {
       expect: /^(?!repl)/ },
     // Avoid emitting stack trace
     { client: client_unix, send: 'a = 3.5e',
-      expect: /^(?!\s+at\s)/gm },
+      expect: /^(?!\s+at\s)/m },
 
     // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/9850
     { client: client_unix, send: 'function* foo() {}; foo().next();',
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-json.js b/test/parallel/test-require-json.js
index f2c74dc57d..1d0b10f84c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-json.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-json.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 try {
   require(path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'invalid.json'));
 } catch (err) {
-  const re = /test[/\\]fixtures[/\\]invalid.json: Unexpected string/;
-  const i = err.message.match(re);
-  assert.notStrictEqual(null, i, 'require() json error should include path');
+  assert.ok(
+    /test[/\\]fixtures[/\\]invalid.json: Unexpected string/.test(err.message),
+    'require() json error should include path');
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js
index d845b6114c..62cd103b02 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const readable = new stream.Readable({
   read: () => {}
 });
 
-assert.throws(() => readable.push([]), /Invalid non-string\/buffer chunk/);
-assert.throws(() => readable.push({}), /Invalid non-string\/buffer chunk/);
-assert.throws(() => readable.push(0), /Invalid non-string\/buffer chunk/);
+const errMessage = /Invalid non-string\/buffer chunk/;
+assert.throws(() => readable.push([]), errMessage);
+assert.throws(() => readable.push({}), errMessage);
+assert.throws(() => readable.push(0), errMessage);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-string-decoder.js b/test/parallel/test-string-decoder.js
index 3879f2021b..b9fa47da52 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-string-decoder.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-string-decoder.js
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ function test(encoding, input, expected, singleSequence) {
   } else {
     sequences = [singleSequence];
   }
+  const hexNumberRE = /.{2}/g;
   sequences.forEach((sequence) => {
     const decoder = new StringDecoder(encoding);
     let output = '';
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ function test(encoding, input, expected, singleSequence) {
       const message =
         'Expected "' + unicodeEscape(expected) + '", ' +
         'but got "' + unicodeEscape(output) + '"\n' +
-        'input: ' + input.toString('hex').match(/.{2}/g) + '\n' +
+        'input: ' + input.toString('hex').match(hexNumberRE) + '\n' +
         'Write sequence: ' + JSON.stringify(sequence) + '\n' +
         'Full Decoder State: ' + inspect(decoder);
       assert.fail(output, expected, message);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-timers-throw-when-cb-not-function.js b/test/parallel/test-timers-throw-when-cb-not-function.js
index 2aff904f06..4e866726c1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-timers-throw-when-cb-not-function.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-timers-throw-when-cb-not-function.js
@@ -8,18 +8,14 @@ function doSetTimeout(callback, after) {
   };
 }
 
-assert.throws(doSetTimeout('foo'),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetTimeout({foo: 'bar'}),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetTimeout(),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetTimeout(undefined, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetTimeout(null, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetTimeout(false, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
+const errMessage = /"callback" argument must be a function/;
+
+assert.throws(doSetTimeout('foo'), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetTimeout({foo: 'bar'}), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetTimeout(), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetTimeout(undefined, 0), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetTimeout(null, 0), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetTimeout(false, 0), errMessage);
 
 
 function doSetInterval(callback, after) {
@@ -28,18 +24,12 @@ function doSetInterval(callback, after) {
   };
 }
 
-assert.throws(doSetInterval('foo'),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetInterval({foo: 'bar'}),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetInterval(),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetInterval(undefined, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetInterval(null, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetInterval(false, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
+assert.throws(doSetInterval('foo'), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetInterval({foo: 'bar'}), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetInterval(), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetInterval(undefined, 0), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetInterval(null, 0), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetInterval(false, 0), errMessage);
 
 
 function doSetImmediate(callback, after) {
@@ -48,15 +38,9 @@ function doSetImmediate(callback, after) {
   };
 }
 
-assert.throws(doSetImmediate('foo'),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetImmediate({foo: 'bar'}),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetImmediate(),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetImmediate(undefined, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetImmediate(null, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
-assert.throws(doSetImmediate(false, 0),
-              /"callback" argument must be a function/);
+assert.throws(doSetImmediate('foo'), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetImmediate({foo: 'bar'}), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetImmediate(), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetImmediate(undefined, 0), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetImmediate(null, 0), errMessage);
+assert.throws(doSetImmediate(false, 0), errMessage);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-client-mindhsize.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-client-mindhsize.js
index f9bd0efea4..f68134d760 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-client-mindhsize.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-client-mindhsize.js
@@ -78,13 +78,14 @@ testDHE1024();
 assert.throws(() => test(512, true, common.mustNotCall()),
               /DH parameter is less than 1024 bits/);
 
+let errMessage = /minDHSize is not a positive number/;
 [0, -1, -Infinity, NaN].forEach((minDHSize) => {
-  assert.throws(() => tls.connect({ minDHSize }),
-                /minDHSize is not a positive number/);
+  assert.throws(() => tls.connect({ minDHSize }), errMessage);
 });
 
+errMessage = /minDHSize is not a number/;
 [true, false, null, undefined, {}, [], '', '1'].forEach((minDHSize) => {
-  assert.throws(() => tls.connect({ minDHSize }), /minDHSize is not a number/);
+  assert.throws(() => tls.connect({ minDHSize }), errMessage);
 });
 
 process.on('exit', function() {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js
index 12e4e3a4d9..57e4c1cfaf 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ fork(__filename, opts)
     assert.strictEqual(status, 0, 'client did not succeed in connecting');
   }))
   .on('close', common.mustCall(function() {
-    assert(stderr.match(
-      /Warning: Ignoring extra certs from.*no-such-file-exists.* load failed:.*No such file or directory/
-    ), stderr);
+    const re = /Warning: Ignoring extra certs from.*no-such-file-exists.* load failed:.*No such file or directory/;
+    assert(re.test(stderr), stderr);
   }))
   .stderr.setEncoding('utf8').on('data', function(str) {
     stderr += str;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv23.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv23.js
index ff1214d167..564efab26d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv23.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv23.js
@@ -12,29 +12,33 @@ assert.throws(function() {
   tls.createSecureContext({ secureProtocol: 'blargh' });
 }, /Unknown method/);
 
+const errMessageSSLv2 = /SSLv2 methods disabled/;
+
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.createSecureContext({ secureProtocol: 'SSLv2_method' });
-}, /SSLv2 methods disabled/);
+}, errMessageSSLv2);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.createSecureContext({ secureProtocol: 'SSLv2_client_method' });
-}, /SSLv2 methods disabled/);
+}, errMessageSSLv2);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.createSecureContext({ secureProtocol: 'SSLv2_server_method' });
-}, /SSLv2 methods disabled/);
+}, errMessageSSLv2);
+
+const errMessageSSLv3 = /SSLv3 methods disabled/;
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.createSecureContext({ secureProtocol: 'SSLv3_method' });
-}, /SSLv3 methods disabled/);
+}, errMessageSSLv3);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.createSecureContext({ secureProtocol: 'SSLv3_client_method' });
-}, /SSLv3 methods disabled/);
+}, errMessageSSLv3);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.createSecureContext({ secureProtocol: 'SSLv3_server_method' });
-}, /SSLv3 methods disabled/);
+}, errMessageSSLv3);
 
 // Note that SSLv2 and SSLv3 are disallowed but SSLv2_method and friends are
 // still accepted.  They are OpenSSL's way of saying that all known protocols
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-passphrase.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-passphrase.js
index 4630fe236d..f2f6f5ccda 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-passphrase.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-passphrase.js
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
   }, common.mustCall(function() {}));
 })).unref();
 
+const errMessagePassword = /bad password read/;
+
 // Missing passphrase
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.connect({
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ assert.throws(function() {
     cert: cert,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
-}, /bad password read/);
+}, errMessagePassword);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.connect({
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ assert.throws(function() {
     cert: cert,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
-}, /bad password read/);
+}, errMessagePassword);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.connect({
@@ -230,7 +232,9 @@ assert.throws(function() {
     cert: cert,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
-}, /bad password read/);
+}, errMessagePassword);
+
+const errMessageDecrypt = /bad decrypt/;
 
 // Invalid passphrase
 assert.throws(function() {
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ assert.throws(function() {
     cert: cert,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
-}, /bad decrypt/);
+}, errMessageDecrypt);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.connect({
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ assert.throws(function() {
     cert: cert,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
-}, /bad decrypt/);
+}, errMessageDecrypt);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.connect({
@@ -261,7 +265,7 @@ assert.throws(function() {
     cert: cert,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
-}, /bad decrypt/);
+}, errMessageDecrypt);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   tls.connect({
@@ -271,4 +275,4 @@ assert.throws(function() {
     cert: cert,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
-}, /bad decrypt/);
+}, errMessageDecrypt);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-server-failed-handshake-emits-clienterror.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-server-failed-handshake-emits-clienterror.js
index 1ff7decf3c..0290bcc629 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-server-failed-handshake-emits-clienterror.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-server-failed-handshake-emits-clienterror.js
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ const server = tls.createServer({})
   }).on('tlsClientError', common.mustCall(function(e) {
     assert.ok(e instanceof Error,
               'Instance of Error should be passed to error handler');
-    assert.ok(e.message.match(
-      /SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown protocol/),
-              'Expecting SSL unknown protocol');
+    assert.ok(
+      /SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown protocol/.test(e.message),
+      'Expecting SSL unknown protocol');
 
     server.close();
   }));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-failed-handshake-emits-error.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-failed-handshake-emits-error.js
index ffeb42c8eb..106a14a7df 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-failed-handshake-emits-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-failed-handshake-emits-error.js
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ const server = net.createServer(function(c) {
     s.on('error', common.mustCall(function(e) {
       assert.ok(e instanceof Error,
                 'Instance of Error should be passed to error handler');
-      assert.ok(e.message.match(
-        /SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown protocol/),
-                'Expecting SSL unknown protocol');
+      assert.ok(
+        /SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown protocol/.test(e.message),
+        'Expecting SSL unknown protocol');
     }));
 
     s.on('close', function() {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 177d46f5f6..e3a65c895a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -746,9 +746,10 @@ assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(keys), 'SetIterator { 1, 3 }');
 
 function checkAlignment(container) {
   const lines = util.inspect(container).split('\n');
+  const numRE = /\d/;
   let pos;
   lines.forEach(function(line) {
-    const npos = line.search(/\d/);
+    const npos = line.search(numRE);
     if (npos !== -1) {
       if (pos !== undefined)
         assert.strictEqual(pos, npos, 'container items not aligned');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-internal.js b/test/parallel/test-util-internal.js
index 386e9a739c..49c74966a3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-internal.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-internal.js
@@ -19,24 +19,27 @@ function setHiddenValue(obj, name, val) {
   };
 }
 
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue(), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue(null, 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue(undefined, 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue('bar', 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue(85, 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue({}), /name must be a string/);
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue({}, null), /name must be a string/);
-assert.throws(getHiddenValue({}, []), /name must be a string/);
+const errMessageObj = /obj must be an object/;
+const errMessageStr = /name must be a string/;
+
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue(), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue(null, 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue(undefined, 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue('bar', 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue(85, 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue({}), errMessageStr);
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue({}, null), errMessageStr);
+assert.throws(getHiddenValue({}, []), errMessageStr);
 assert.deepStrictEqual(internalUtil.getHiddenValue({}, 'foo'), undefined);
 
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue(), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue(null, 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue(undefined, 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue('bar', 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue(85, 'foo'), /obj must be an object/);
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue({}), /name must be a string/);
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue({}, null), /name must be a string/);
-assert.throws(setHiddenValue({}, []), /name must be a string/);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue(), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue(null, 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue(undefined, 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue('bar', 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue(85, 'foo'), errMessageObj);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue({}), errMessageStr);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue({}, null), errMessageStr);
+assert.throws(setHiddenValue({}, []), errMessageStr);
 const obj = {};
 assert.strictEqual(internalUtil.setHiddenValue(obj, 'foo', 'bar'), true);
 assert.strictEqual(internalUtil.getHiddenValue(obj, 'foo'), 'bar');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-log.js b/test/parallel/test-util-log.js
index 3604b42820..38ae710a27 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-log.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-log.js
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ const tests = [
 ];
 
 // test util.log()
+const re = /[0-9]{1,2} [A-Z][a-z]{2} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2} - (.+)$/;
 tests.forEach(function(test) {
   util.log(test.input);
   const result = strings.shift().trim();
-  const re = (/[0-9]{1,2} [A-Z][a-z]{2} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2} - (.+)$/);
   const match = re.exec(result);
   assert.ok(match);
   assert.strictEqual(match[1], test.output);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-truncated.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-truncated.js
index 517b63886f..22171a8f9c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-zlib-truncated.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-truncated.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const inputString = 'ΩΩLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing eli'
                     'm arcu mi, sodales non suscipit id, ultrices ut massa. S' +
                     'ed ac sem sit amet arcu malesuada fermentum. Nunc sed. ';
 
+const errMessage = /unexpected end of file/;
+
 [
   { comp: 'gzip', decomp: 'gunzip', decompSync: 'gunzipSync' },
   { comp: 'gzip', decomp: 'unzip', decompSync: 'unzipSync' },
@@ -41,11 +43,11 @@ const inputString = 'ΩΩLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing eli'
     // sync truncated input test
     assert.throws(function() {
       zlib[methods.decompSync](truncated);
-    }, /unexpected end of file/);
+    }, errMessage);
 
     // async truncated input test
     zlib[methods.decomp](truncated, function(err, result) {
-      assert(/unexpected end of file/.test(err.message));
+      assert(errMessage.test(err.message));
     });
 
     const syncFlushOpt = { finishFlush: zlib.Z_SYNC_FLUSH };
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-net-pingpong.js b/test/pummel/test-net-pingpong.js
index 1441c85ab6..35a836b4c8 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-net-pingpong.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-net-pingpong.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function pingPongTest(port, host, on_complete) {
       console.log(`server got: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`);
       assert.strictEqual('open', socket.readyState);
       assert.strictEqual(true, count <= N);
-      if (/PING/.exec(data)) {
+      if (/PING/.test(data)) {
         socket.write('PONG');
       }
     });
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
index f12b766c98..8fd681cc65 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
+const backslash = /\\/g;
+
 console.error('load test-module-loading.js');
 
 // assert that this is the main module.
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ try {
   require(`${loadOrder}file3`);
 } catch (e) {
   // Not a real .node module, but we know we require'd the right thing.
-  assert.ok(e.message.replace(/\\/g, '/').match(/file3\.node/));
+  assert.ok(/file3\.node/.test(e.message.replace(backslash, '/')));
 }
 assert.strictEqual(require(`${loadOrder}file4`).file4, 'file4.reg', msg);
 assert.strictEqual(require(`${loadOrder}file5`).file5, 'file5.reg2', msg);
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(require(`${loadOrder}file6`).file6, 'file6/index.js', msg);
 try {
   require(`${loadOrder}file7`);
 } catch (e) {
-  assert.ok(e.message.replace(/\\/g, '/').match(/file7\/index\.node/));
+  assert.ok(/file7\/index\.node/.test(e.message.replace(backslash, '/')));
 }
 assert.strictEqual(require(`${loadOrder}file8`).file8, 'file8/index.reg', msg);
 assert.strictEqual(require(`${loadOrder}file9`).file9, 'file9/index.reg2', msg);
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ assert.deepStrictEqual(json, {
 
 const children = module.children.reduce(function red(set, child) {
   let id = path.relative(path.dirname(__dirname), child.id);
-  id = id.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  id = id.replace(backslash, '/');
   set[id] = child.children.reduce(red, {});
   return set;
 }, {});
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-process-warnings.js b/test/sequential/test-process-warnings.js
index 9eaa45bd38..558601c539 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-process-warnings.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-process-warnings.js
@@ -10,24 +10,26 @@ const normal = [warnmod];
 const noWarn = ['--no-warnings', warnmod];
 const traceWarn = ['--trace-warnings', warnmod];
 
+const warningMessage = /^\(.+\)\sWarning: a bad practice warning/;
+
 execFile(node, normal, function(er, stdout, stderr) {
   // Show Process Warnings
   assert.strictEqual(er, null);
   assert.strictEqual(stdout, '');
-  assert(/^\(.+\)\sWarning: a bad practice warning/.test(stderr));
+  assert(warningMessage.test(stderr));
 });
 
 execFile(node, noWarn, function(er, stdout, stderr) {
   // Hide Process Warnings
   assert.strictEqual(er, null);
   assert.strictEqual(stdout, '');
-  assert(!/^\(.+\)\sWarning: a bad practice warning/.test(stderr));
+  assert(!warningMessage.test(stderr));
 });
 
 execFile(node, traceWarn, function(er, stdout, stderr) {
   // Show Warning Trace
   assert.strictEqual(er, null);
   assert.strictEqual(stdout, '');
-  assert(/^\(.+\)\sWarning: a bad practice warning/.test(stderr));
+  assert(warningMessage.test(stderr));
   assert(/at Object\.<anonymous>\s\(.+warnings.js:3:9\)/.test(stderr));
 });
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-784.js b/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-784.js
index 6278a7f446..f567b9bc52 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-784.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-784.js
@@ -49,28 +49,30 @@ const responses = [];
 function afterPing(result) {
   responses.push(result);
   console.error(`afterPing. responses.length = ${responses.length}`);
+  const ECONNREFUSED_RE = /ECONNREFUSED/;
+  const successRE = /success/;
   switch (responses.length) {
     case 2:
-      assert.ok(/ECONNREFUSED/.test(responses[0]));
-      assert.ok(/ECONNREFUSED/.test(responses[1]));
+      assert.ok(ECONNREFUSED_RE.test(responses[0]));
+      assert.ok(ECONNREFUSED_RE.test(responses[1]));
       serverOn();
       break;
 
     case 4:
-      assert.ok(/success/.test(responses[2]));
-      assert.ok(/success/.test(responses[3]));
+      assert.ok(successRE.test(responses[2]));
+      assert.ok(successRE.test(responses[3]));
       serverOff();
       break;
 
     case 6:
-      assert.ok(/ECONNREFUSED/.test(responses[4]));
-      assert.ok(/ECONNREFUSED/.test(responses[5]));
+      assert.ok(ECONNREFUSED_RE.test(responses[4]));
+      assert.ok(ECONNREFUSED_RE.test(responses[5]));
       serverOn();
       break;
 
     case 8:
-      assert.ok(/success/.test(responses[6]));
-      assert.ok(/success/.test(responses[7]));
+      assert.ok(successRE.test(responses[6]));
+      assert.ok(successRE.test(responses[7]));
       server.close();
       // we should go to process.on('exit') from here.
       break;