30-seconds-of-code/snippets/escapeRegExp.md

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title	tags	expertise	cover	firstSeen	lastUpdated
Escape RegExp	string,regexp	intermediate	blog_images/frog-blue-flower.jpg	2017-12-17T17:55:51+02:00	2020-09-15T16:28:04+03:00

Escapes a string to use in a regular expression.

• Use String.prototype.replace() to escape special characters.

const escapeRegExp = str => str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');

escapeRegExp('(test)'); // \\(test\\)