quotemeta.go

// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package regexp implements a simple regular expression library.

// QuoteMeta func is copied here to avoid linking the entire Regexp library.

package rubex

func special(c int) bool {
	for _, r := range `\.+*?()|[]^$` {
		if c == int(r) {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// QuoteMeta returns a string that quotes all regular expression metacharacters
// inside the argument text; the returned string is a regular expression matching
// the literal text.  For example, QuoteMeta(`[foo]`) returns `\[foo\]`.
func QuoteMeta(s string) string {
	b := make([]byte, 2*len(s))

	// A byte loop is correct because all metacharacters are ASCII.
	j := 0
	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
		if special(int(s[i])) {
			b[j] = '\\'
			j++
		}
		b[j] = s[i]
		j++
	}
	return string(b[0:j])
}