escape {rex}

Escape characters for a regex

Description

Escape characters for a regex

Usage

escape(x)

## S3 method for class 'regex'
escape(x)

## S3 method for class 'character_class'
escape(x)

## S3 method for class 'character'
escape(x)

## Default S3 method:
escape(x)

## S3 method for class 'list'
escape(x)

Arguments

x

Object to escape.

Methods (by class)

• regex: Objects are simply passed through unchanged.

• character_class: Objects are surrounded by braces.

• character: Objects are properly escaped for regular expressions.

• default: default escape coerces to character and escapes.

• list: simply call escape on all elements of the list.