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Revision: 722
at August 2, 2006 10:20 by cochambre
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RegExp.escape = function(text) {
  if (!arguments.callee.sRE) {
    var specials = [
      '/', '.', '*', '+', '?', '|',
      '(', ')', '[', ']', '{', '}', '\\\\'
    ];
    arguments.callee.sRE = new RegExp(
      '(\\\\' + specials.join('|\\\\') + ')', 'g'
    );
  }
  return text.replace(arguments.callee.sRE, '\\\\$1');
}
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Usefull Regular Expressions enhancement. Simplifies standard string operations escaping special chars. And also saves precompiled REs for a speed increase.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Regular Expressions simple strings search/replace escape method (with RE speed enhancment - precompilation)

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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replace, text

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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JavaScript