How to use the escape function from xregexp

example.js

GitHub: ULL-ESIT-GRADOII-PL/xregexp-example

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// See http://eloquentjavascript.net/09_regexp.html Dynamically creating RegExp objects
let name = "dea+hl[]rd";
let text = "This dea+hl[]rd guy is super annoying.";
let escaped = XRegExp.escape(name);
let regexp = new RegExp("\\b" + escaped + "\\b", "gi");
console.log(text.replace(regexp, "_$&_"));
// → This _dea+hl[]rd_ guy is super annoying.
//

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