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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+/**
+ * Escape special characters for regular expressions from a string.
+ *
+ * @param {string} string
+ *   The string to sanitize.
+ * @returns {string} The sanitized string.
+ */
+export function escapeRegExp(string) {
+  return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Search a tab list for items that match the given query.
+ */
+export function searchTabList(query, tabList) {
+  const regex = RegExp(escapeRegExp(query), "i");
+  return tabList.filter(
+    ({ title, url }) => regex.test(title) || regex.test(url)
+  );
+}