escapeForGrep: Escape string for regular expression

View source: R/utils_string.R

escapeForGrepR Documentation

Escape string for regular expression

Description

Escape [, ⁠]⁠, (, and ⁠)⁠ for use in grep.

Usage

escapeForGrep(x)

Arguments

x

a character vector

Value

A character vector with opening and closing square brackets and parentheses escaped for use in grep.

Author(s)

Samuel Leung

Examples

escapeForGrep("[index]")
escapeForGrep("(parentheses)")

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