reg-escape
Escapes special characters in a string so it can be used with RegExp
usage
install:
npm install --save reg-escape
reg-escape inserts escape characters before every RegExp special character in a given string so it can be used to test against in a regular expression.
var regEscape= ; var passwordCharacters= "~!@#$%^&*()_+|}{][\":?><`1234567890-=qwertyuiopasdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./"; // define passwords that can only exist of passwordCharacters,// minimal 8, maximum 20 charsvar passwordLegit= '^['+ + ']{8,20}$' ;console;// /^[~!@#\$%\^\&\*\(\)_\+\|}{\]\[":\?\>\<`1234567890\-=qwertyuiopasdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,\.\/]{8,20}$/ // the white space is not allowed, this will failvar password= 'my./$^pass[ ]word'; console;// false console// true
<array> regEscape.SPECIAL_CHARS
are the special characters used, you could modify this if needed.
licence
MIT