/*Canopy - The next generation of stoner streaming software
Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Rainbownapkin and the TTN Community
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/**
* I won't lie this line was whole-sale ganked from stack overflow like a fucking skid
* In my defense I only did it because js-runtime-devs are taking fucking eons to implement RegExp.escape()
* This should be replaced once that function becomes available in mainline versions of node.js:
* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/escape
*
* @param {String} string - Regex string to escape
* @returns {String} The Escaped String
*/
module.exports.escapeRegex = function(string){
return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
}