Re: [boost] [regex] Escaping a search string?

From: George A. Heintzelman (georgeh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-07 09:25:48

> Given that I have a string 's' from somewhere, I'd like to create a 
> regular expression where some part must match that string. The problem 
> is, the 's' could contain characters that have a special meaning in 
> regular expressions. Is there some support function that can provide an 
> escaped version of 's'? Something that transforms "my.*string" into 
> "my\.\*string"? If there isn't, would it be possible/easy to provide one?

Second that request. I just had a need for this, though I wound up 
ignoring the problem rather than fixing it...

George Heintzelman
georgeh_at_[hidden]