var quotemeta = require('../'); var query = new RegExp('\\d ' + quotemeta('node.js')); var filter = function (x) { return query.test(x) }; var xs = [ '0 node^js y', '1 node_js x', '2 node.js 5', '3 beep z', 'X node.js Y', '4 boop w' ]; console.dir(xs.filter(filter));