Merge pull request #2369 from vsemozhetbyt/patch-3

Fix typo in 9.7 (Escaping, special characters)
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@ -96,4 +96,4 @@ alert( "Chapter 5.1".match(regexp) ); // 5.1
- To search for special characters `pattern:[ \ ^ $ . | ? * + ( )` literally, we need to prepend them with a backslash `\` ("escape them").
- We also need to escape `/` if we're inside `pattern:/.../` (but not inside `new RegExp`).
- When passing a string `new RegExp`, we need to double backslashes `\\`, cause string quotes consume one of them.
- When passing a string to `new RegExp`, we need to double backslashes `\\`, cause string quotes consume one of them.