docs-v2/content/flux/v0.x/stdlib/regexp/quotemeta.md

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regexp.quoteMeta() function	`regexp.quoteMeta()` escapes all regular expression metacharacters in a string.	flux_0_x_ref name parent identifier regexp.quoteMeta regexp regexp/quoteMeta	101

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

Function type signature

(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

import "regexp"

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