escape_markdown_text(text) — ActionText::MarkdownConversion — Ruby on Rails edge

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escape_markdown_text(text)

Backslash-escapes CommonMark metacharacters in text so they are treated as literal characters by Markdown renderers.

MarkdownConversion.escape_markdown_text("**Important**")
# => "\\*\\*Important\\*\\*"

Parameters

text req

Source

# File actiontext/lib/action_text/markdown_conversion.rb, line 92
    def escape_markdown_text(text)
      text.gsub(MARKDOWN_METACHARACTERS) { |c| "\\#{c}" }
    end

Defined in actiontext/lib/action_text/markdown_conversion.rb line 92 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionText::MarkdownConversion