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regex.quoteRE

Syntax	regex.quoteRE (s)
Params	s is a string.
Action	Quotes all metacharacters in s.
Returns	The quoted string.
Examples	`regex.quoteRE ("Hello?") » "Hello\\?"`
Notes	Escaping a metacharacter tells the regex engine to treat any metacharacters in a pattern as literals, rather than as metacharacters. This verb allows you to test a string to see if there are any metacharacters that need escaping. Alternatively, if you automatically generate a pattern, you may not want any characters in the pattern to be treated as metacharcters.

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