From: Wes Gamble <weyus@...>
Date: 2006-05-03T03:47:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Easy way to escape text for use in regexps?

Sorry all.

I'll look harder next time.

How embarrassing.

Regexp.escape()

Thanks,
Wes


Wes Gamble wrote:
> I need to be able to include some arbitrary text as input into a regular 
> expression and I'm looking for a way to escape regular expression 
> metacharacters within my data(e.g. escape a "?" for example).
> 
> Is there a library somewhere that has this function available?
> 
> Thanks,
> Wes


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