Nodejs Regexp Escape escapeRegExp()

Method Source Code

String.prototype.escapeRegExp = function() {
   //return this.replace( /([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1" );
   return this.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, "\\$&");
};

Related

1. escape()

   function escapeRegExp(str) {
       return str.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, '\\$&');
   function unEscapeRegExp(str) {
       return str.replace(/\\(?!\\)/g,'');
   RegExp.escape = escapeRegExp;
   RegExp.prototype.escape = function(){
       var flags = (this.global ? 'g' : '') + (this.ignoreCase ? 'i' : '') + (this.multiline ? 'm' : ''); 
   ...
   

2. escape(text)

   RegExp.escape = function(text) {
     return text.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&");
   };
   

3. escapeRegExp(string)

   String.prototype.escapeRegExp = function(str) {
     return str.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, "\\$&");
   

4. escapeRegExp(string)

   function escapeRegExp(string) {
     return string.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
   

5. escapeRegExp(string)

   helpers.escapeRegExp = function(string) {
     return string.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
   };