platform-bible-utils
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    Function escapeStringRegexp

    • Escape RegExp special characters.

      You can also use this to escape a string that is inserted into the middle of a regex, for example, into a character class.

      All credit to escape-string-regexp - this function is simply copied directly from there to allow a common js export

      Parameters

      • string: string

      Returns string

      import escapeStringRegexp from 'platform-bible-utils';

      const escapedString = escapeStringRegexp('How much $ for a 🦄?');
      //=> 'How much \\$ for a 🦄\\?'

      new RegExp(escapedString);