reEscape

Escapes regular expression control characters within a string.

reEscape(string); → returns string

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See Also:   reFind   reReplace   reMatch

Argument Reference

string string
Required

The string you that to escape.

Examples
Sample code invoking the reEscape function 

reEscape('*.{}[]exam?ple')

Expected Result: \*\.\{\}\[\]exam\?ple

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