linuxcommandgitbook/node_modules/lodash/string/escapeRegExp.js

var baseToString = require('../internal/baseToString'),
    escapeRegExpChar = require('../internal/escapeRegExpChar');

/**
 * Used to match `RegExp` [syntax characters](http://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-patterns)
 * and those outlined by [`EscapeRegExpPattern`](http://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-escaperegexppattern).
 */
var reRegExpChars = /^[:!,]|[\\^$.*+?()[\]{}|\/]|(^[0-9a-fA-Fnrtuvx])|([\n\r\u2028\u2029])/g,
    reHasRegExpChars = RegExp(reRegExpChars.source);

/**
 * Escapes the `RegExp` special characters "\", "/", "^", "$", ".", "|", "?",
 * "*", "+", "(", ")", "[", "]", "{" and "}" in `string`.
 *
 * @static
 * @memberOf _
 * @category String
 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to escape.
 * @returns {string} Returns the escaped string.
 * @example
 *
 * _.escapeRegExp('[lodash](https://lodash.com/)');
 * // => '\[lodash\]\(https:\/\/lodash\.com\/\)'
 */
function escapeRegExp(string) {
  string = baseToString(string);
  return (string && reHasRegExpChars.test(string))
    ? string.replace(reRegExpChars, escapeRegExpChar)
    : (string || '(?:)');
}

module.exports = escapeRegExp;