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simple method to escape strings so they can be used as RegEx patterns
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regescape.js
// taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/6969486/1734964
// saved for my own laziness
function escapeRegExp(str) {
return str.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, "\\$&");
}
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