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var baseToString = require('../internal/baseToString');
/**
* Used to match `RegExp` [special characters](http://www.regular-expressions.info/characters.html#special).
* In addition to special characters the forward slash is escaped to allow for
* easier `eval` use and `Function` compilation.
*/
var reRegExpChars = /[.*+?^${}()|[\]\/\\]/g,
reHasRegExpChars = RegExp(reRegExpChars.source);
/**
* Escapes the `RegExp` special characters "\", "/", "^", "$", ".", "|", "?",
* "*", "+", "(", ")", "[", "]", "{" and "}" in `string`.
*
* @static
* @memberOf _
* @category String
* @param {string} [string=''] The string to escape.
* @returns {string} Returns the escaped string.
* @example
*
* _.escapeRegExp('[lodash](https://lodash.com/)');
* // => '\[lodash\]\(https:\/\/lodash\.com\/\)'
*/
function escapeRegExp(string) {
string = baseToString(string);
return (string && reHasRegExpChars.test(string))
? string.replace(reRegExpChars, '\\$&')
: string;
}
module.exports = escapeRegExp;