--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regular expression. Returns a new escaped string, or self if no characters are escaped. For any string, <tt>Regexp.escape(<em>str</em>)=~<em>str</em></tt> will be true.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "   Regexp.escape('\\*?{}.')   #=&gt; \\\\*\\?\\{\\}\\.\n"
full_name: Regexp::escape
is_singleton: true
name: escape
params: |
  Regexp.escape(str)   => a_str
  Regexp.quote(str)    => a_str

visibility: public