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RegExpConstructorinterface RegExpConstructorconstructor RegExpConstructor(pattern: string | RegExp): RegExp;constructor RegExpConstructor(pattern: string,flags?: string): RegExp;constructor RegExpConstructor(pattern: string | RegExp,flags?: string): RegExp;readonly [Symbol.species]: RegExpConstructorreadonly prototype: RegExpescape(string: string): string;

Escapes any potential regex syntax characters in a string, and returns a new string that can be safely used as a literal pattern for the RegExp() constructor.

MDN Reference

const re = new RegExp(RegExp.escape("foo.bar"));
re.test("foo.bar"); // true
re.test("foo!bar"); // false

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