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May 9, 2012 03:37
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Escape function for JS pattern related strings
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| // Thanks to kouphax | |
| RegExp.escape = function(str){ | |
| var specials = new RegExp("[.*+?|()\\[\\]{}\\\\]", "g"); // .*+?|()[]{}\ | |
| return str.replace(specials, "\\$&"); | |
| } |
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