Hello I'm trying to get a script to search a string for a search query on a whole-words-only basis. This means that I would use something like StringRegExp ($string, "\b" & $query & "\b").  However, I have no control over what the $query will be -- it may contain characters that "mean" something in regular expressions.  For example, it may contain a  backslash or a fullstop, but I don't want the backslash or fullstop to mean what they usually mean in regular expressions. I