<function name="PatternSafe" parent="string" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Escapes all special characters within a string, making the string safe for inclusion in a Lua pattern.</description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="66">lua/includes/extensions/string.lua</file> <file line="58-L76">lua/includes/extensions/string.lua</file> <args> <arg name="str" type="string">The string to be sanitized</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="string">The string that has been sanitized for inclusion in Lua patterns</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description> Replaces all occurrences of "100%" in a string with "0%" and prints it. We call <page>string.PatternSafe</page> here as '%' is a special character when used in Lua patterns. </description> <code> local result = string.gsub( "You scored 100%!", string.PatternSafe( "100%" ), string.PatternSafe( "0%" ) ) print( result ) </code> <output>You scored 0%!</output> </example>