regexp.quoteMeta() function

The regexp.quoteMeta() function escapes all regular expression metacharacters inside of a string.

*Output data type: String*

import "regexp"
regexp.quoteMeta(v: ".+*?()|[]{}^$")
// Returns "\.\+\*\?\(\)\|\[\]\{\}\^\$"

Parameters

v

The string that contains regular expression metacharacters to escape.

*Data type: String*

Examples

Escape regular expression meta characters in column values

import "regexp"
data
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({
      r with
      notes: r.notes,
      notes_escaped: regexp.quoteMeta(v: r.notes)
    })
  )