class_docstr: The :class:`GitWildMatchPattern` class represents a compiled Git wildmatch
  pattern.
class_docstr_tok: ["The",":","class",":","`","GitWildMatchPattern","`","class","represents","a","compiled","Git","wildmatch","pattern","."]
docstr: Escape special characters in the given string.
  
  *s* (:class:`str` or :class:`bytes`) a filename or a string that you want to
  escape, usually before adding it to a ".gitignore".
  
  Returns the escaped string (:class:`str` or :class:`bytes`).
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code: def escape(s: AnyStr) -> AnyStr:
      """
      Escape special characters in the given string.
  
      *s* (:class:`str` or :class:`bytes`) a filename or a string that you want to
      escape, usually before adding it to a ".gitignore".
  
      Returns the escaped string (:class:`str` or :class:`bytes`).
      """
      if isinstance(s, str):
          return_type = str
          string = s
      elif isinstance(s, bytes):
          return_type = bytes
          string = s.decode(_BYTES_ENCODING)
      else:
          raise TypeError(f"s:{s!r} is not a unicode or byte string.")
  
      # Reference: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format
      meta_characters = r"[]!*#?"
  
      out_string = "".join(
          "\\" + x if x in meta_characters else x for x in string
      )
  
      if return_type is bytes:
          return out_string.encode(_BYTES_ENCODING)
      else:
          return out_string
  
file_path: catboost/contrib/python/pathspec/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.py
imports: import re
  import warnings
  from typing import AnyStr, Optional, Tuple
  from ..None import util
  from ..pattern import RegexPattern
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling the GitWildMatchPattern obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.escape(s) and returns: out_string, out_string