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.
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)}))
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