regexp-escape-x
v3.1.2
ECMAScript proposed RegExp.escape.
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regexp-escape-x
ECMAScript proposed RegExp.escape.
See: RegExp.escape
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Method to safely escape RegExp special tokens for use in new RegExp.
Kind: Exported function
Returns: string - The escaped string.
Throws:
- TypeError If string is null or undefined or not coercible.
| Param | Type | Description |
| ------ | ------------------- | ------------------------- |
| string | string | The string to be escaped. |
Example
``js
import regexpEscape from 'regexp-escape-x';
const str = 'hello. how are you?';
const regex = new RegExp(regexpEscape(str), 'g');
console.log(String(regex)); // '/hello\. how are you\?/g'
``