R: Escape characters for a regex

escape {rex} | R Documentation

## Escape characters for a regex

### Description

Escape characters for a regex

### Usage

    escape(x)

    ## S3 method for class 'regex'
    escape(x)

    ## S3 method for class 'character_class'
    escape(x)

    ## S3 method for class 'character'
    escape(x)

    ## Default S3 method:
    escape(x)

    ## S3 method for class 'list'
    escape(x)

### Arguments

`x` | Object to escape.

### Methods (by class)

- `regex`: Objects are simply passed through unchanged.

- `character_class`: Objects are surrounded by braces.

- `character`: Objects are properly escaped for regular expressions.

- `default`: default escape coerces to character and escapes.

- `list`: simply call escape on all elements of the list.

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