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Escapes the string for use in Lua patterns. Escapes the following characters `( ) . % + - * ? [ ] ^ $` with `%`.
```lua
escaped = string.escapepattern("s")
```
### Parameters ###
`s` is the string to escape.
### Return Value ###
Returns the input string escaped for use in Lua patterns.
### Examples ###
```lua
local match = filename:match(string.escapepattern("boost_filesystem-vc140.1.61.0.0"))
```
### Availability ###
Premake 5.0 or later.