locutus/php/strings/quotemeta.js

Locutus other languages' standard libraries to JavaScript for fun and educational purposes

"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
exports.quotemeta = quotemeta;
function quotemeta(str) {
    //      discuss at: https://locutus.io/php/quotemeta/
    // parity verified: PHP 8.3
    //     original by: Paulo Freitas
    //       example 1: quotemeta(". + * ? ^ ( $ )")
    //       returns 1: '\\. \\+ \\* \\? \\^ \\( \\$ \\)'
    return (str + '').replace(/([.\\+*?[^\]$()])/g, '\\$1');
}