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Wildcard and glob matching in JavaScript.
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/** | |
* 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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