Since pattern works like new RegExp('^'+pattern+'$'), this won't work if there are white-space characters in the input value.
new RegExp('^'+pattern+'$')
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Since pattern works like
new RegExp('^'+pattern+'$')
, this won't work if there are white-space characters in the input value.