1function(escape_string_as_regex _str_out _str_in) 2 string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "\\\\\\\\" FILETEST2 "${_str_in}") 3 string(REGEX REPLACE "([.$+*?|-])" "\\\\\\1" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}") 4 string(REGEX REPLACE "\\^" "\\\\^" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}") 5 string(REGEX REPLACE "\\(" "\\\\(" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}") 6 string(REGEX REPLACE "\\)" "\\\\)" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}") 7 string(REGEX REPLACE "\\[" "\\\\[" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}") 8 string(REGEX REPLACE "\\]" "\\\\]" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}") 9 set(${_str_out} "${FILETEST2}" PARENT_SCOPE) 10endfunction() 11 12function(test_escape_string_as_regex) 13 set(test1 "\\.^$-+*()[]?|") 14 escape_string_as_regex(test2 "${test1}") 15 set(testRef "\\\\\\.\\^\\$\\-\\+\\*\\(\\)\\[\\]\\?\\|") 16 if(NOT test2 STREQUAL testRef) 17 message("Error in the escape_string_for_regex function : \n ${test1} was escaped as ${test2}, should be ${testRef}") 18 endif() 19endfunction()