BUG: Correct Escaping for LaTeX, #20859

[retkowski]

• closes BUG: Wrong Latex Encoding #20859
• tests added / passed
• passes git diff upstream/master -u -- "*.py" | flake8 --diff
• whatsnewentry

[pep8speaks]

Hello @ScientiaEtVeritas! Thanks for updating the PR.

Cheers ! There are no PEP8 issues in this Pull Request. 🍻

Comment last updated on April 29, 2018 at 20:28 Hours UTC

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Codecov Report

Merging #20860 into master will increase coverage by <.01%.
The diff coverage is 100%.

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+ Coverage   91.77%   91.78%   +<.01%     
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  Files         153      153              
  Lines       49313    49313              
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+ Hits        45259    45261       +2     
+ Misses       4054     4052       -2

Flag	Coverage Δ
#multiple	90.17% <100%> (ø)	⬆️
#single	41.88% <0%> (ø)	⬆️

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
pandas/io/formats/latex.py	100% <100%> (ø)	⬆️
pandas/util/testing.py	84.59% <0%> (+0.2%)	⬆️

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[TomAugspurger]

Can you add a test case for this in pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_latext.py`?

[jreback]

looks ok to me. @toobaz @TomAugspurger

[TomAugspurger]

Thanks @ScientiaEtVeritas!