diff --git a/types/float-regex/float-regex-tests.ts b/types/float-regex/float-regex-tests.ts
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+import regexp = require('float-regex');
+
+const foo: RegExp = regexp;
+
+const anchor = RegExp(`^${regexp.source}$`);
+anchor.test('1.23e24'); // true
+anchor.test('1.23e24.55'); // false
+
+const freg = regexp.source;
+const capture = RegExp(`\\b(${freg})\\b`, 'g');
+const str = '1.2  555    beep boop 4.2.1.5 66.2e99  22.54e23 qrs2';
+str.match(capture);
diff --git a/types/float-regex/index.d.ts b/types/float-regex/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for float-regex 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/substack/float-regex
+// Definitions by: Anjun Wang <https://github.com/wanganjun>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/**
+ * regular expression for real floating point values in javascript notation:
+ * ```
+ * /[-+]?(?:\d*\.?\d+|\d+\.?\d*)(?:[eE][-+]?\d+)?/
+ * ```
+ *
+ * does not match:
+ * * +/- Infinity
+ * * NaN
+ */
+declare const regexp: RegExp;
+export = regexp;
diff --git a/types/float-regex/tsconfig.json b/types/float-regex/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "float-regex-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/float-regex/tslint.json b/types/float-regex/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }