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function preg_quote (str, delimiter) {
    // Quote regular expression characters plus an optional character  
    // 
    // version: 1107.2516
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/preg_quote
    // +   original by: booeyOH
    // +   improved by: Ates Goral (http://magnetiq.com)
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // *     example 1: preg_quote("$40");
    // *     returns 1: '\$40'
    // *     example 2: preg_quote("*RRRING* Hello?");
    // *     returns 2: '\*RRRING\* Hello\?'
    // *     example 3: preg_quote("\\.+*?[^]$(){}=!<>|:");
    // *     returns 3: '\\\.\+\*\?\[\^\]\$\(\)\{\}\=\!\<\>\|\:'
    return (str + '').replace(new RegExp('[.\\\\+*?\\[\\^\\]$(){}=!<>|:\\' + (delimiter || '') + '-]', 'g'), '\\$&');
}

var strToMatch = "{test}??)(**test";
var subject = "Hello{test}??)(**testWorld";
var re = new RegExp( preg_quote(strToMatch) );

if ( subject.match(re) ) 
    document.write('TRUE');
else 
    document.write('FALSE');