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Escape strings so that they are not treated as Regular Expressions JavaScript, Erlang
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fun.erl
re:replace(Str, "[\\-\\[\\]\\/\\{\\}\\(\\)\\*\\+\\?\\.\\,\\\\\^\\$\\|\\#\\s\\&]", "\\\\&", [global]).
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fun.js
str.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\,\\\^\$\|\#\s]/g, '\\$&')
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