Gsub not replacing characters

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#1

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    i want to convert a string to be used by gsub

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    the string doenst convert or recognize

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    rewriting the script, using letters and numers, smaller strings seem to work

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repl={
	["%%"] = "%%%.",
	["%$"] = "%%%$",
	["%^"] = "%%%^",
	["%*"] = "%%%*",
	["%("] = "%%%(",
	["%)"] = "%%%)",
	["%."] = "%%%.",
	["%]"] = "%%%]",
	["%["] = "%%%[",
	["%+"] = "%%%+",
	["%-"] = "%%%-",
	["%?"] = "%%%?",
}
line = "'/'sfbre12344141'"
line = string.gsub(line,".",repl)
print(line) -- prints '/'sfbre12344141 instead of '%/'sfbre1234414
#2

You don’t have a key for forward slash in your table Lol. You also don’t need to escape the replacement string since it’s not a string pattern.

local repl={
	["%"] = "%%",
	["$"] = "%$",
	["^"] = "%^",
	["*"] = "%*",
	["("] = "%(",
	[")"] = "%)",
	["."] = "%.",
	["]"] = "%]",
	["["] = "%[",
	["+"] = "%+",
	["-"] = "%-",
	["?"] = "%?",
	["/"] = "%/"
}
local line = "'/'sfbre12344141'"
line = string.gsub(line,".",repl)
print(line) --> '%/'sfbre12344141'