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// |reftest| shell-option(--enable-regexp-escape) skip-if(!RegExp.escape||!xulRuntime.shell) -- RegExp.escape is not enabled unconditionally, requires shell-options
// Copyright (C) 2024 Leo Balter. All rights reserved.
// This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
/*---
esid: sec-encodeforregexescape
description: Encodes control characters with their ControlEscape sequences
info: |
EncodeForRegExpEscape ( c )
2. If c is the code point listed in some cell of the “Code Point” column of Table 64, then
a. Return the string-concatenation of 0x005C (REVERSE SOLIDUS) and the string in the “ControlEscape” column of the row whose “Code Point” column contains c.
ControlEscape, Numeric Value, Code Point, Unicode Name, Symbol
t 9 U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION <HT>
n 10 U+000A LINE FEED (LF) <LF>
v 11 U+000B LINE TABULATION <VT>
f 12 U+000C FORM FEED (FF) <FF>
r 13 U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) <CR>
features: [RegExp.escape]
---*/
const controlCharacters = '\t\n\v\f\r';
const expectedEscapedCharacters = '\\t\\n\\v\\f\\r';
assert.sameValue(RegExp.escape(controlCharacters), expectedEscapedCharacters, 'Control characters are correctly escaped');
reportCompare(0, 0);