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regexp.quoteMeta() function

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regexp.quoteMeta() escapes all regular expression metacharacters in a string.

Function type signature
js
(v: string) => string

{{% caption %}} For more information, see Function type signatures. {{% /caption %}}

Parameters

v

({{< req >}}) String that contains regular expression metacharacters to escape.

Examples

Escape regular expression metacharacters in a string

js
import "regexp"

regexp.quoteMeta(v: ".+*?()|[]{}^$")// Returns "\.\+\*\?\(\)\|\[\]\{\}\^\$"