Convert a string with asterisk wildcards to a RegExp

wildcardToRegExp.js

/**
 * Escape RegExp special characters
 *
 * @param  {string} str String to escape
 * @return {string}     Escaped string
 */
const escapeRegExp = (str = '') => str.replace(/[\\^$.*+?()[\]{}|]/g, '\\$&');


/**
 * Convert a string with asterisk wildcard characters into a RegExp
 *
 * @param  {string} wc String to convert
 * @return {RegExp}    Converted RegExp
 * 
 * @example
 *   wildcardToRegExp('/foo/*'); // /^\/foo\/.*$/
 */
const wildcardToRegExp = (wc = '') => new RegExp(`^${wc.split(/\*+/).map(escapeRegExp).join('.*')}$`);