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title: regexp.quoteMeta() function
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description: >
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The `regexp.quoteMeta()` function escapes all regular expression metacharacters inside of a string.
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menu:
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v2_0_ref:
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name: regexp.quoteMeta
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parent: Regular expressions
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weight: 301
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---
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The `regexp.quoteMeta()` function escapes all regular expression metacharacters inside of a string.
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_**Output data type:** String_
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```js
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import "regexp"
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regexp.quoteMeta(v: ".+*?()|[]{}^$")
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// Returns "\.\+\*\?\(\)\|\[\]\{\}\^\$"
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```
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## Parameters
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### v
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The string that contains regular expression metacharacters to escape.
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_**Data type:** String_
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## Examples
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###### Escape regular expression meta characters in column values
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```js
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import "regexp"
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data
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|> map(fn: (r) => ({
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r with
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notes: r.notes,
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notes_escaped: regexp.quoteMeta(v: r.notes)
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})
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)
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```
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