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class String
  # Turns a string into a regular expression.
  # By default it will escape all characters.
  # Use <tt>false</tt> argument to turn off escaping.
  #
  #   require 'facet/string/to_re'
  #
  #   "[".to_re  #=> /\[/
  #
  def to_re(esc=true)
    Regexp.new((esc ? Regexp.escape(self) : self))
  end
end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-0.6.3	lib/facet/string/to_re.rb
facets-0.7.1	lib/facet/string/to_re.rb
facets-0.7.0	lib/facet/string/to_re.rb
facets-0.7.2	lib/facet/string/to_re.rb