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std/regexp/escape.ts>escape

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function escape
import { escape } from "https://dotland.deno.dev/std@0.194.0/regexp/escape.ts";

Escapes arbitrary text for interpolation into a regexp, such that it will match exactly that text and nothing else.

Examples

Example 1

import { escape } from "https://deno.land/std@0.194.0/regexp/mod.ts";
import { assertEquals, assertMatch, assertNotMatch } from "https://deno.land/std@0.194.0/testing/asserts.ts";

const re = new RegExp(`^${escape(".")}$`, "u");

assertEquals("^\\.$", re.source);
assertMatch(".", re);
assertNotMatch("a", re);

Parameters

str: string