Parsing error: Expecting Unicode escape sequence \uXXXX

Getting the above error, but not exactly sure how to fix it. According to Regex101, the regular expression should be valid and matches what I want. Code:

  const parseAttrMatches = (val) => {
	var reg = \d{1,3}\s+[a-z ]+/ig;
    var result;
    while((result = reg.exec(val)) !== null) {
      logDebug(result)
    }
    return 
  }

Ideas?

- E

Your regex definition is incorrect. Regex is put between /'s. You're missing the starting slash.

Insert Unix grognard joke about vi here. ;) 

I confess to thinking "where's your leading slash?" because of my vi experience, not any JavaScript clue.

Scott C. said:

Your regex definition is incorrect. Regex is put between /'s. You're missing the starting slash.

Thanks! Too many regex variations in the languages I use. I just could not see it.

- E