how to use the escaperegexp function from lodash in javascript

To use the escapeRegExp function from lodash in JavaScript, you need to import it from the library:

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import { escapeRegExp } from 'lodash';
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If you don't use ES6 modules, you can use the require function instead:

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const { escapeRegExp } = require('lodash');
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Once you have imported the function, you can use it to escape special characters in a regular expression:

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const regex = /[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g;
const str = 'Hello world.';

const escapedRegex = escapeRegExp(regex.source);
const escapedStr = str.replace(new RegExp(escapedRegex, 'g'), '-');

console.log(escapedStr); // "Hello world-"
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In this example, we create a regular expression that matches any of the special characters that need to be escaped ([.*+?^${}()|\[\]\\]). We then create a string ('Hello world.') that contains some of these characters. To escape the characters in the string, we use the escapeRegExp function to get a new regular expression (/[.*+?^${}()|\[\]\\]/g) that matches exactly those characters. Finally, we use the replace function to replace all occurrences of the original regular expression with a dash ('-'). The resulting string ('Hello world-') has all special characters escaped.