// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package main

import (
	"strings"
)

// mdEscape escapes text so that it does not have any special meaning in Markdown.
func mdEscape(text string) string {
	return mdEscaper.Replace(text)
}

var mdEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(
	`\`, `\\`,
	`{`, `\{`,
	`}`, `\}`,
	"`", "\\`",
	`#`, `\#`,
	`*`, `\*`,
	`+`, `\+`,
	`_`, `\_`,
	`-`, `\-`,
	`(`, `\(`,
	`)`, `\)`,
	`.`, `\.`,
	`[`, `\[`,
	`]`, `\]`,
	`!`, `\!`,
)