// Copyright 2022 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
/**
* Regex to escape regex special characters in a string.
* @type {RegExp}
*/
const REGEX_ESCAPER = /([.?*+^$[\]\\(){}|-])/g;
/**
* Creates the regex needed to find the text.
* @param {string} findText Phrase to look for.
* @return {RegExp} regex needed to find the text.
*/
function createRegex(findText: string): RegExp {
const escapedText = findText.replace(REGEX_ESCAPER, '\\$1');
const regexString = '(' + escapedText + ')';
return new RegExp(regexString, 'ig');
};
/**
* @param {string} text Text to escape.
* @return {string} escaped text.
*/
function escapeHTML(text: string): string {
let unusedDiv = document.createElement('div');
unusedDiv.innerText = text;
return unusedDiv.innerHTML;
};
export {createRegex, escapeHTML}