Correct way to escape characters in a DataTable Filter Expression

Question

I would like to know if there is a function to correctly escape string literals for filter expressions. e.g.:

DataTable.Select(String.Format("[name] = \'         


        

Answer 1

   /// 

    /// If a pattern in a LIKE clause contains any of these special characters * % [ ], those characters must be escaped in brackets [ ] like this [*], [%], [[] or []].
    /// If the pattern is not in a like clause then you can pass valueIsForLIKEcomparison = false to not escape brackets.
    /// Examples:
    /// - strFilter = "[Something] LIKE '%" + DataTableHelper.EscapeLikeValue(filterValue) + "%'";
    /// 
    /// http://www.csharp-examples.net/dataview-rowfilter/
    /// 
    /// LIKE filterValue. This should not be the entire filter string... just the part that is being compared.
    /// Whether or not the filterValue is being used in a LIKE comparison.
    /// 
    public static string EscapeFilterValue(string filterValue, bool valueIsForLIKEcomparison = true)
    {
        string lb = "~~LeftBracket~~";
        string rb = "~~RightBracket~~";
        filterValue = filterValue.Replace("[", lb).Replace("]", rb).Replace("​*", "[*​]").Replace("%", "[%]").Replace("'", "''");
        if (valueIsForLIKEcomparison)
        {
            filterValue = filterValue.Replace(lb, "[[]").Replace(rb, "[]]");
        }
        else
        {
            filterValue = filterValue.Replace(lb, "[").Replace(rb, "]");
        }

        return filterValue;
    }