Convert a string to regular expression ruby

Question

I need to convert string like \"/[\\w\\s]+/\" to regular expression.

\"/[\\w\\s]+/\" => /[\\w\\s]+/

I tried using different Regexp

Answer 1

This method will safely escape all characters with special meaning:

/#{Regexp.quote(your_string)}/

For example, . will be escaped, since it's otherwise interpreted as 'any character'.

Remember to use a single-quoted string unless you want regular string interpolation to kick in, where backslash has a special meaning.