crunch (version 1.27.7)

escapeRegex: Escape a regular expression

Description

This function takes a string and escapes all of the special characters in the string. For example, the . in VB.NET will be escaped with a slash (though regular R printing will make it look like there are two slashes).

Usage

escapeRegex(string)

Arguments

string

A regular expression to escape

Value

string, escaped.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
escapeRegex("Tom&Jerry")
escapeRegex(".Net")
# }