def escape_markdown()

in readme_generator.py [0:0]

• 21 lines of code
• 2 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def escape_markdown(text):
  escape_chars = {
      '*': '\\*',
      '_': '\\_',
      '[': '\\[',
      ']': '\\]',
      '(': '\\(',
      ')': '\\)',
      '#': '\\#',
      '+': '\\+',
      '-': '\\-',
      '!': '\\!',
      '~': '\\~',
      '|': '\\|',
      '<': '\\<',
      '>': '\\>',
      '`': '\\`',
  }
  for char, escaped in escape_chars.items():
    text = text.replace(char, escaped)
  return text