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title: regexp.quoteMeta() function
description: >
  `regexp.quoteMeta()` escapes all regular expression metacharacters in a string.
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    name: regexp.quoteMeta
    parent: regexp
    identifier: regexp/quoteMeta
weight: 101
---

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`regexp.quoteMeta()` escapes all regular expression metacharacters in a string.



##### Function type signature

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

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## Parameters

### v
({{< req >}})
String that contains regular expression metacharacters to escape.




## Examples

### Escape regular expression metacharacters in a string

```js
import "regexp"

regexp.quoteMeta(v: ".+*?()|[]{}^$")// Returns "\.\+\*\?\(\)\|\[\]\{\}\^\$"


```