Escape characters for a regex

Source: R/escape.R

Escape characters for a regex

escape(x)

# S3 method for class 'regex'
escape(x)

# S3 method for class 'character_class'
escape(x)

# S3 method for class 'character'
escape(x)

# Default S3 method
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.