core.escapesearchvalue

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escapeSearchValue() function

Escapes a literal string for use as a single FHIR search value. Backslash-escapes commas and backslashes, so that the value is not split into multiple "or" values. This is the inverse of splitSearchOnComma.

See: https://hl7.org/fhir/r4/search.html\#escaping

Signature:

export declare function escapeSearchValue(input: string): string;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
input	string	The literal string to search for.

Returns:

string

The escaped FHIR search value.