Modern String Escape

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Escape

Replaces quotes, backslashes and control characters with backslash escapes.

Syntax

Escape( s )

Notes

• O(n)

Examples

#import "std/strings"
using strings

dim as ustring s = "path" & chr(9) & "c:\tmp" & chr(10)

print Escape( s )                  '' path\tc:\\tmp\n
print Escape( "say ""hi""" )       '' say \"hi\"

'' Non-ASCII passes through: the job is to neutralise what breaks
'' quoting, not to force the text to ASCII

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Library: String Library
Category: String Library
Documented under: The Functions