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escapeRE for string templates
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const merge = (strings, substitutions) =>
strings.reduceRight((acc, string, index) => [string, substitutions[index], ...acc], [])
const escapeRE = (strings, ...substitutions) =>
merge(strings, [...substitutions, ""]).map((s) => String(s).replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&")).join("")
console.log(escapeRE`^foo[foo](${ "(" + 1 + 2 })`) // "\^foo\[foo\]\(\(12\)"
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