Closed
Bug 248062
Opened 20 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
Add RegExp.escapeAsLiteralString (method on the constructor, not the objects it constructs)
Categories
(Core :: JavaScript Engine, enhancement)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: timeless, Unassigned)
Details
i have a 'simple' regexp task:
> i have a string (str)
> and it wants to be used in a replace function
> input.replace (magicfunction(str)+".*", "")
> problem is, str is something like '?'
> so it needs to be escaped :)
<shaver> if you're writing your own magicfunction, put together a set of
regexes that match the different characters you want to escape, and then
apply them in sequence
<shaver> [ [ /\\/, "\\\\" ], [/\?/, "\\?"], ... ]
<shaver> though you should toss a /g suffix on there as well
<shaver> but the better thing to do is have someone add RegExp.escapeAsLiteralString
The function RegExp.escapeAsLiteralString would of course return a string.
Mass abdication.
Assignee: shaver → nobody
Updated•17 years ago
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QA Contact: pschwartau → general
Updated•16 years ago
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Assignee: nobody → general
I'm not sure why I didn't suggest str.replace(/[\\\?.:etc:]/g, "\\\1") or an equivalent, rather than many regexen?
Comment 3•16 years ago
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I would like to support this request. Although I think maybe a simpler name for the method would be best (why not just RegExp.escape ? Possible conflict with an user-defined method ? Is this really worth it ?) Also, it would be nice to have feedback from other implementors on this, the chosen solution should be implementable in a cross-browser way. Should the ECMA or the WHATWG handle this kind of request instead ?
Comment 4•11 years ago
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Please ask Ecmascript if you are still interested.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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