ESLint
Disallow unnecessary escape usage (no-useless-escape)
The "extends": "eslint:recommended" property in a configuration file enables this rule.
Escaping non-special characters in strings, template literals, and regular expressions doesn't have any effect, as demonstrated in the following example:
let foo = "hol\a"; // > foo = "hola"
let bar = `${foo}\!`; // > bar = "hola!"
let baz = /\:/ // same functionality with /:/
Rule Details
This rule flags escapes that can be safely removed without changing behavior.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint no-useless-escape: "error"*/
"\'";
'\"';
"\#";
"\e";
`\"`;
`\"${foo}\"`;
`\#{foo}`;
/\!/;
/\@/;
Examples of correct code for this rule:
/*eslint no-useless-escape: "error"*/
"\"";
'\'';
"\x12";
"\u00a9";
"\371";
"xs\u2111";
`\``;
`\${${foo}}`;
`$\{${foo}}`;
/\\/g;
/\t/g;
/\w\$\*\^\./;
When Not To Use It
If you don't want to be notified about unnecessary escapes, you can safely disable this rule.
Version
This rule was introduced in ESLint 2.5.0.
