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

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escapeRegExp	string,regexp,intermediate

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\\)