runtime/shared/escapeRegex.js

/**
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 *
 * @emails oncall+i18n_fbt_js
 * @flow strict
 * @format
 */

'use strict';

/**
 * Escapes regex special characters from a string, so it can be
 * used as a raw search term inside an actual regex.
 */
function escapeRegex(str: string): string {
  // From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14076210/
  return str.replace(/([.?*+\^$\[\]\\(){}|\-])/g, '\\$1');
}

module.exports = escapeRegex;