From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2001-10-20T03:53:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22788] Re: How to Convert String to Regex to Perform Exact Match


WDT> will work if str is simple such as 'abcde'.  However, if it contains
WDT> Regexp special characters, such as 'abc.de' then it won't work.  What I
WDT> want is a to_regexp function that performs this automatically for me:

WDT>     reg = /abc\.de/

Are you looking for this:
reg = Regexp.new(Regexp.escape("abc.de"))
 => /abc\.de/

regards,
-joe