myCFML Developer Blog - Articles · Apr 19, 2025
jreEscape UDF - Escapes regular expression control characters within a string
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The jreEscape user-defined function (UDF) ensures strings can be safely used in regex patterns by preventing special characters from being interpreted as regex metacharacters. The reescape function exists in Adobe ColdFusion, but not Lucee.
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