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< sanitize
strip_accents >

# sanitize_lua

## 🔗NAME

sanitize_lua

## 🔗SYNOPSIS

escape lua ‘magic’ characters from a pattern string

## 🔗USAGE

    local ds = require "lib/dtutils.string"
    local result = ds.sanitize_lua(str)

str - string - the string that needs to be made safe

## 🔗DESCRIPTION

sanitize_lua escapes lua ‘magic’ characters so that a string may be used in lua string/patten matching.

## 🔗RETURN VALUE

result - string - a lua pattern safe string

< sanitize
strip_accents >