escape regex tokens

calc.js

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ import { createToken, Lexer } from "chevrotain";
 
 const gen = Generations.get(9);
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} text
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+function escapeRegExp(text) {
+  return text.replace(/[\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a lexer.
  *
@@ -27,20 +35,28 @@ function buildLexer() {
 
   const Item = createToken({
     name: "Item",
-    pattern: new RegExp([...gen.items].map((i) => i.name).join("|")),
+    pattern: new RegExp(
+      [...gen.items].map((i) => escapeRegExp(i.name)).join("|")
+    ),
   });
   const Ability = createToken({
     name: "Ability",
-    pattern: new RegExp([...gen.abilities].map((a) => a.name).join("|")),
+    pattern: new RegExp(
+      [...gen.abilities].map((a) => escapeRegExp(a.name)).join("|")
+    ),
   });
 
   const Pokemon = createToken({
     name: "Pokemon",
-    pattern: new RegExp([...gen.species].map((s) => s.name).join("|")),
+    pattern: new RegExp(
+      [...gen.species].map((s) => escapeRegExp(s.name)).join("|")
+    ),
   });
   const Move = createToken({
     name: "Move",
-    pattern: new RegExp([...gen.moves].map((m) => m.name).join("|")),
+    pattern: new RegExp(
+      [...gen.moves].map((m) => escapeRegExp(m.name)).join("|")
+    ),
   });
 
   const whitespace = createToken({