This is now available natively as RegExp.escape(). You can also use this to escape a string that is inserted into the middle of a regex, for example, into a character ...

Abstract: Regular expressions are notoriously difficult to get right, with developers often having to resort to trial-and-error approaches. Even so, little attention ...

I didn't realize how much time I spent on cleanups until regex let me stop.

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