rex (version 0.1.0)

escape: Escape characters for a regex

Description

Escape characters for a regex

Usage

escape(x)
## S3 method for class 'regex':
escape(x)
## S3 method for class 'character_class':
escape(x)
## S3 method for class 'character':
escape(x)
## S3 method for class 'default':
escape(x)
## S3 method for class 'list':
escape(x)

Arguments

x

Object to escape.

Methods (by class)

• regex: Objects are simply passed through unchanged.
• character_class: Objects are surrounded by braces.
• character: Objects are properly escaped for regular expressions.
• default: default escape coerces to character and escapes.
• list: simply call escape on all elements of the list.