From 4c2ce2039b1d09231489421ace3c4b9fef61bae8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LinkIsGrim <salluci.lovi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 14:58:02 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] add escapeRegex function

---
 addons/common/CfgFunctions.hpp    |  1 +
 addons/common/fnc_escapeRegex.sqf | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 addons/common/fnc_escapeRegex.sqf

diff --git a/addons/common/CfgFunctions.hpp b/addons/common/CfgFunctions.hpp
index 9366f9803..0f4043466 100644
--- a/addons/common/CfgFunctions.hpp
+++ b/addons/common/CfgFunctions.hpp
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class CfgFunctions {
             PATHTO_FNC(waitUntilAndExecute);
             PATHTO_FNC(compileFinal);
             PATHTO_FNC(createUUID);
+            PATHTO_FNC(escapeRegex);
         };
 
         class Broken {
diff --git a/addons/common/fnc_escapeRegex.sqf b/addons/common/fnc_escapeRegex.sqf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e6cd3ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/common/fnc_escapeRegex.sqf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "script_component.hpp"
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Function: CBA_fnc_escapeRegex
+
+Description:
+    Escapes special characters used in regex from a string
+
+Parameters:
+    _string   - String to sanitize <STRING>
+
+Returns:
+    Safe string <STRING>
+
+Examples:
+    (begin example)
+        "\Q.*?AK-15.*?\E" call CBA_fnc_escapeRegex;
+    (end)
+
+Author:
+    LinkIsGrim
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+SCRIPT(escapeRegex);
+
+params [["_string", "", [""]]];
+
+// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions#escaping
+_string regexReplace ["[.?*+^$[\]\\(){}|-]/gio", "\\$&"]