---
title: regexp.quoteMeta() function
description: regexp.quoteMeta() escapes all regular expression metacharacters in a string.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0/stdlib/regexp/quotemeta/
estimated_tokens: 492
product: Flux
version: v0
---

# regexp.quoteMeta() function

-   Flux 0.33.0+
-   View InfluxDB support

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

##### Function type signature

```js
(v: string) => string
```

For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).

## Parameters

### v

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

## Examples

### Escape regular expression metacharacters in a string

```js
import "regexp"

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

```

#### Related

-   [Work with regular expression types](/flux/v0/data-types/basic/regexp/)