javascript escape regex

The solution for this is noted below

javascript escape regex

Solution

// Vanilla JS
function escapeRegex(string) {
	return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
}

// Or with npm: npm install escape-string-regexp
const escapeRegex = require('escape-string-regexp')

// Usage:
const regex = new RegExp(escapeRegex('How much $ is that?'))

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