escape-regexp

What is escape-regexp?

The escape-regexp npm package is a utility that helps in escaping special characters in strings to be used in regular expressions. This is particularly useful when you need to dynamically create regular expressions from user input or other sources that may contain characters with special meanings in regex.

What are escape-regexp's main functionalities?

Escape special characters

This feature allows you to escape special characters in a string so that it can be safely used in a regular expression. In the example, the period and question mark are escaped.

const escapeRegExp = require('escape-regexp');
const userInput = 'Hello. How are you?';
const escapedInput = escapeRegExp(userInput);
console.log(escapedInput); // Output: 'Hello\. How are you\?'

Other packages similar to escape-regexp

escape-string-regexp

The escape-string-regexp package provides similar functionality by escaping special characters in a string to be used in a regular expression. It is widely used and has a similar API to escape-regexp.

lodash.escaperegexp

The lodash.escaperegexp function is part of the Lodash library, which is a utility library offering a wide range of functions. The escaperegexp function specifically escapes special characters in a string for use in a regular expression, similar to escape-regexp.

README

escape-regexp

Escape regular expression special characters.

Example

var escape = require('escape-regexp');
escape(str);

License

MIT