JavaScript + Unicode regexes

Question

How can I use Unicode-aware regular expressions in JavaScript?

For example, there should be something akin to \\w that can match any code-point in Lette

Answer 1

This will do it:

/[A-Za-z\u00C0-\u00FF ]+/.exec('hipopótamo maçã pólen ñ poção água língüa')

It explicitly selects a range of unicode characters. It will work for latin characters, but other strange characters may be out of this range.