regexp/no-useless-escape

disallow unnecessary escape characters in RegExp

• ⚙️ This rule is included in "plugin:regexp/recommended".
• 🔧 The --fix option on the command line (opens new window) can automatically fix some of the problems reported by this rule.

📖 Rule Details

This rule reports unnecessary escape characters in RegExp.
You may be able to find another mistake by finding unnecessary escapes.

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This rule checks for unnecessary escapes with deeper regular expression parsing than the ESLint core's no-useless-escape (opens new window) rule.

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🔧 Options

Nothing.

👫 Related rules

• regexp/no-standalone-backslash
• no-useless-escape (opens new window)

🚀 Version

This rule was introduced in eslint-plugin-regexp v0.4.0

🔍 Implementation

• Rule source (opens new window)
• Test source (opens new window)