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

43 lines
1007 B
Markdown

---
title: regexp.quoteMeta() function
description: >
The `regexp.quoteMeta()` function escapes all regular expression metacharacters inside of a string.
aliases:
- /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/regexp/quotemeta/
- /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/regexp/quotemeta/
- /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/regexp/quotemeta/
menu:
flux_0_x_ref:
name: regexp.quoteMeta
parent: regexp
weight: 301
introduced: 0.33.5
---
The `regexp.quoteMeta()` function escapes all regular expression metacharacters inside of a string.
_**Output data type:** String_
```js
import "regexp"
regexp.quoteMeta(v: ".+*?()|[]{}^$")
// Returns "\.\+\*\?\(\)\|\[\]\{\}\^\$"
```
## Parameters
### v {data-type="string"}
The string that contains regular expression metacharacters to escape.
## Examples
###### Escape regular expression meta characters in column values
```js
import "regexp"
data
|> map(fn: (r) => ({r with notes: r.notes, notes_escaped: regexp.quoteMeta(v: r.notes)}))
```