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title: regexp.compile() function
description: >
  `regexp.compile()` parses a string into a regular expression and returns a regexp type
  that can be used to match against strings.
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`regexp.compile()` parses a string into a regular expression and returns a regexp type
that can be used to match against strings.



##### Function type signature

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

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

### v
({{< req >}})
String value to parse into a regular expression.




## Examples

### Convert a string into a regular expression

```js
import "regexp"

regexp.compile(v: "abcd")// Returns the regexp object /abcd/


```