escapeRegExp()function

escapeRegExp(pattern: string): string

Param	Type
`pattern`	`string`	The string to escape. required

Return
`string`	The escaped string, safe to use as a literal regular expression source.

Escape special characters in a string regular expression.

Escapes any characters that have special meaning in a regular expression so the string matches literally.

Examples

escapeRegExp("a.b"); // "a\\.b"