__escapeOroRegexpChars

Also documented in context in the full Functions and Variables reference.

Function which escapes the ORO Regexp meta characters, it is the equivalent of \Q \E in Java Regexp Engine.

For example,

\${__escapeOroRegexpChars([^"].+?,)}

returns: \[\^\"\]\.\+\?.

Uses Perl5Compiler#quotemeta(String) from ORO.

Name	Required	Description
String to escape	Yes	The string to be escaped.
Variable Name	No	A reference name - refName - for reusing the value created by this function. Stored values are of the form \${refName}.

Related

• Functions and Variables Guide
• Regex Extractor Builder
• Full Functions Reference
• Component Reference