regexp.quoteMeta() function

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

Function type signature

(v: string) => string

Parameters

v

(Required) String that contains regular expression metacharacters to escape.

Examples

Escape regular expression metacharacters in a string

import "regexp"

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