# $escregexp
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escregexp/8739
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [August 8, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escregexp/8739 "2009-08-08T12:33:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escregexp/8739/1 "2009-08-08T12:33:37Z")
Please add the scripting function
$escregexp(string) escape all special characters in string, making a literal regular expression
Meanwhile one may use
$regexp(.|\*?+(){}'['']'^$,'([.|\*?+(){}[]^$])',\\1)
e.g.
$regexp(A$A,'['$regexp(.|\*?+(){}'['']'^$,'([.|\*?+(){}[]^$])',\\1)']',S)
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escregexp/8739/2 "2009-08-09T12:33:39Z")
One may use the following to get the same escaping effect ...
```
$regexp(A$A,'[$replace('.|*?+(){}[]^$',.,\.,|,\|,*,\*,?,\?,+,\+,(,\(,),\),{,\{,},\},'[','\[',']','\]',^,\^,$,\$)]',S)
which gives "ASA".
```
... or completely literalized ...
**$regexp('A$A', '['$replace('.|\*?+(){}[]^$', '.','\.','|','\|','\*','\*','?','\?','+','\+','(','\(',')','\)', '{','\{','}','\}','[','\[',']','\]','^','\^','$','\$')']','S')**
... or ...
**$regexp('A$A','['$regexp('.|\*?+(){}[]^$','([].|\*?+(){}$^[])','\\\1')']','S')**
DD.20090809.1633.CEST, DD.20150227.1716.CET
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escregexp/8739/3 "2009-08-09T12:58:55Z")
I was seeking a less not more verbose alternative, Detlev 🙂
Do your alternatives have an advantage over the original?
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escregexp/8739/4 "2009-08-09T13:11:39Z")
> [@chrisjj](#):
>
> I was seeking a less not more verbose alternative, Detlev 🙂 Do your alternatives have an advantage over the original?
... hmm, it needs no regexp machine, but only internally string manipulations, so it could be executed some ticks quicker, I think so, and it is better to read and understand for no-regex-people.
DD.20090809.1710.CEST
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escregexp/8739/5 "2009-08-09T14:14:39Z")
I see. Thanks.