escapeRegex
lib.strings.escapeRegex
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Turn a string s into an exact regular expression
Inputs
s- 1. Function argument
Type
escapeRegex :: string -> string
Examples
lib.strings.escapeRegex usage example
escapeRegex "[^a-z]*"
=> "\\[\\^a-z]\\*"
Noogle detected
Implementation
This function is implemented in c++ and is part of the native nix runtime.
Implementation
The following is the current implementation of this function.
escapeRegex = escape (stringToCharacters "\\[{()^$?*+|.");