ep.escapeExpStr()
Categories: Utilities
ep.escapeExpStr( string, [ except ] )
Plugin: ep.core
Description: Escape an string for use as regular expression.
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ep.escapeExpStr( string, [ except ] )
version added: 6.11.0string A string to escape.
except A string containing characters to except from escaping.
The ep.escapeExpStr()
method escape reserved regular expression characters.
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Escape all reserved regular expression characters.
Code:
var string = '[A-Z]*[()0-9]+'; ep.escapeExpStr( string );
Results:
\[A-Z\]\*\[\(\)0-9\]\+
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Escape reserved regular expression characters, excepting []*+.
Code:
var string = '[A-Z]*[()0-9]+'; ep.escapeExpStr( string, '[]*+' );
Results:
[A-Z]*[\(\)0-9]+