From 70d0639fc70c85b81c091f957e15e86e9537f972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miodec <bartnikjack@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 19:06:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added regex escaping function

---
 backend/handlers/misc.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/handlers/misc.js b/backend/handlers/misc.js
index 75aec1897..1ce69f977 100644
--- a/backend/handlers/misc.js
+++ b/backend/handlers/misc.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ export function roundTo2(num) {
   return Math.round((num + Number.EPSILON) * 100) / 100;
 }
 
+export function escapeRegExp(str) {
+  return str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
 export function stdDev(array) {
   const n = array.length;
   const mean = array.reduce((a, b) => a + b) / n;