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Wildcard and glob matching in JavaScript.
/**
* Creates a RegExp from the given string, converting asterisks to .* expressions,
* and escaping all other characters.
*/
function wildcardToRegExp (s) {
return new RegExp('^' + s.split(/\*+/).map(regExpEscape).join('.*') + '$');
}
/**
* RegExp-escapes all characters in the given string.
*/
function regExpEscape (s) {
return s.replace(/[|\\{}()[\]^$+*?.]/g, '\\$&');
}
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