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Created November 25, 2012 00:15
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Escape characters that could break regex.
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RegExp.Safe.js
(function(replace) {
var escape = [/[\-\[\]\/\\{}()*+?.^$|]/g, '\\$&'];
RegExp.Safe = function(pattern, flags) {
return new RegExp(replace.apply(String(pattern), escape), flags);
}
}(String.prototype.replace));
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