var toString = require('./toString');
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								/**
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								 * Used to match `RegExp`
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								 * [syntax characters](http://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/7.0/#sec-patterns).
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								 */
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								var reRegExpChar = /[\\^$.*+?()[\]{}|]/g,
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								    reHasRegExpChar = RegExp(reRegExpChar.source);
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								/**
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								 * Escapes the `RegExp` special characters "^", "$", "\", ".", "*", "+",
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								 * "?", "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and "|" in `string`.
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								 *
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								 * @static
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								 * @memberOf _
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								 * @since 3.0.0
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								 * @category String
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								 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to escape.
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								 * @returns {string} Returns the escaped string.
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								 * @example
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								 *
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								 * _.escapeRegExp('[lodash](https://lodash.com/)');
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								 * // => '\[lodash\]\(https://lodash\.com/\)'
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								 */
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								function escapeRegExp(string) {
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								  string = toString(string);
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								  return (string && reHasRegExpChar.test(string))
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								    ? string.replace(reRegExpChar, '\\$&')
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								    : string;
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								}
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								module.exports = escapeRegExp;
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