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Created October 15, 2019 06:34
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A JavaScript function to convert a string to a RegExp
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String.toRegExp.js
if (!String.toRegExp)
String.toRegExp = function String_toRegExp(pattern, flags) {
return new RegExp(pattern.replace(/[\[\]\\{}()+*?.$^|]/g, function (match) { return '\\' + match; }), flags);
};
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