BrandonZacharie/String.toRegExp.js

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BrandonZacharie created this gist Feb 21, 2012.

String.toRegExp.js

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+    if (!String.toRegExp)
+    String.toRegExp = function String_toRegExp(pattern, flags) {
+    	return new RegExp(pattern.replace(/[\[\]\\{}()+*?.$^|]/g, function (match) { return '\\' + match; }), flags);
+    };