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R: Escape characters for a regex
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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)

## 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.

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