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How does this function validate its input — does it throw on bad arguments?
About sindresorhus/escape-string-regexp · 2 messages · last activity 6/15/2026
How does this function validate its input — does it throw on bad arguments?
Yes, the function does validate its input and throws on bad arguments.
In [index.js:L2-L4], the function checks the input type:
if (typeof string !== 'string') {
throw new TypeError('Expected a string');
}
If you pass anything that isn't a string to escapeStringRegexp(), it will throw a TypeError with the message "Expected a string". This ensures the function only processes string values, since the regex replacements that follow depend on string methods.
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