export const escapeRegex = (string: string) => {
    if (typeof string !== 'string') {
        throw new TypeError('Expected a string');
    }

    // Escape characters with special meaning either inside or outside character sets.
    // Use a simple backslash escape when it’s always valid, and a `\xnn` escape when the simpler form would be disallowed by Unicode patterns’ stricter grammar.
    return string.replace(/[|\\{}()[\]^$+\-*?.]/g, '\\$&').replace(/-/g, '\\x2d');
};