├── LICENSE.md
├── README.md
├── RegExp.escape.js
├── RegExp.escape.min.js
└── package.json


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/README.md:
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 1 | # RegExp.escape
 2 | 
 3 | **RegExp.escape** returns a string with escaped regular expression characters for use within a regular expression.
 4 | 
 5 | ## Usage
 6 | 
 7 | ```js
 8 | var strName = 'Dr. Doogie Howser, M.D.';
 9 | 
10 | var escName = RegExp.escape(strName); // Dr\. Doogie Howser, M\.D\.
11 | 
12 | var regName = new RegExp('\\b' + escName + '\\b'); // /\bDr\. Doogie Howser, M\.D\.\b/
13 | ```
14 | 
15 | ## Browser compatibility
16 | 
17 | All modern browsers are supported, including:
18 | 
19 | - Chrome
20 | - Internet Explorer
21 | - Firefox
22 | - Opera
23 | - Safari
24 | 
25 | - Android 2.2+
26 | - Blackberry 7+
27 | - iOS Safari 4+
28 | 
29 | ## Prollyfill status
30 | 
31 | If you would like to see **RegExp.escape** in a JavaScript standard, subscribe to the [ECMAScript List] and request to have it added it to an [ECMA Specification].
32 | 
33 | This project was inspired by [Stuart P. Bentley]’s [Specifiction Topic]. After reading it, I decided to throw this together.
34 | 
35 | ---
36 | 
37 | RegExp.escape.js is [323B](/RegExp.escape.js) or [107B](/RegExp.escape.min.js) minified and gzipped.
38 | 
39 | [ECMAScript List]: https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
40 | [Specifiction Topic]: http://discourse.specifiction.org/t/regexp-escape-str/832
41 | [Anne van Kesteren]: https://twitter.com/annevk
42 | [Stuart P. Bentley]: https://twitter.com/stuartpb
43 | [ES6 Draft]: http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:specification_drafts
44 | 


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/RegExp.escape.js:
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 1 | (function () {
 2 | 	// cache escapable characters RegExp
 3 | 	var rEscapableCharacters = /[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g;
 4 | 
 5 | 	// cache escape + match String
 6 | 	var sEscapeMatch = '\\$&';
 7 | 
 8 | 	// RegExp.escape
 9 | 	RegExp.escape = function escape(string) {
10 | 		return String(string).replace(rEscapableCharacters, sEscapeMatch);
11 | 	};
12 | })();
13 | 


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/RegExp.escape.min.js:
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1 | !function(){var e=/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g,n="\\$&"
2 | RegExp.escape=function(c){return(c+"").replace(e,n)}}()


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/package.json:
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 1 | {
 2 | 	"name": "polyfill-regexp-escape",
 3 | 	"version": "1.0.0",
 4 | 	"description": "Return a string with escaped regular expression characters.",
 5 | 	"main": "RegExp.escape.js",
 6 | 	"scripts": {
 7 | 		"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
 8 | 	},
 9 | 	"repository": {
10 | 		"type": "git",
11 | 		"url": "https://github.com/jonathantneal/regexp-escape.git"
12 | 	},
13 | 	"keywords": [
14 | 		"RegExp",
15 | 		"escape",
16 | 		"String",
17 | 		"JavaScript",
18 | 		"ECMA",
19 | 		"polyfill",
20 | 		"prollyfill"
21 | 	],
22 | 	"author": "Jonathan Neal <jonathantneal@hotmail.com> (http://jonathantneal.com)",
23 | 	"license": "CC0-1.0",
24 | 	"bugs": {
25 | 		"url": "https://github.com/jonathantneal/regexp-escape/issues"
26 | 	},
27 | 	"homepage": "https://github.com/jonathantneal/regexp-escape"
28 | }
29 | 


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