name: 'Bob' ok not not '"Bob"'.match(/^"${name}"$/i) ok '"Bobby"'.match(/^"${name}"$/i) is null ok not not 'Bob'.match(/^$name$/) ok 'Bobby'.match(/^$name/) ok 'Bobby'.match(/${"${"${"$name"}"}"}/imgy) ok '$a$b$c'.match(/\$A\$B\$C/i) a: 1 b: 2 c: 3 ok '123'.match(/$a$b$c/i) [a, b, c]: [1, 2, /\d+/] ok (/$a$b$c$/i).toString() is '/12/\\d+/$/i'