Ruby | Regexp quote() function
Regexp#quote() : quote() is a Regexp class method which escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regular expression.
Syntax: Regexp.quote()
Parameter: Regexp values
Return: escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regular expression.
Example #1 :
# Ruby code for Regexp.quote() method # declaring Regexp valuereg_a = Regexp.quote('/a/') # declaring Regexp valuereg_c = Regexp.quote('\*?{}.') # quote methodputs "Regexp quote form : #{reg_a}\n\n" puts "Regexp quote form : #{reg_c}\n\n" |
Output :
Regexp quote form : /a/
Regexp quote form : \\\*\?\{\}\.
Example #2 :
# Ruby code for Regexp.quote() method # declaring Regexp valuereg_a = Regexp.quote('/geeks/') # declaring Regexp valuereg_b = Regexp.quote('/(?<geeks>.)(?<for>.)(?<geeks>.)/') # declaring Regexp valuereg_c = Regexp.quote('\*?????{}.') # quote methodputs "Regexp quote form : #{reg_a}\n\n" puts "Regexp quote form : #{reg_b}\n\n" puts "Regexp quote form : #{reg_c}\n\n" |
Output :
Regexp quote form : /geeks/ Regexp quote form : /\(\?\.\)\(\? \.\)\(\? \.\)/ Regexp quote form : \\\*\?\?\?\?\?\{\}\.
