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class method

Regexp.escape

Regexp.escape(str) → string

Regexp.quote(str) → string

static VALUE
rb_reg_s_quote(VALUE c, VALUE str)
{
    return rb_reg_quote(reg_operand(str, TRUE));
}

Escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regular expression. Returns a new escaped string with the same or compatible encoding. For any string, Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(<i>str</i>))=~<i>str</i> will be true.

Example

Regexp.escape('\*?{}.')   #=> \\\*\?\{\}\.

See also .compile .json_create .last_match also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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