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<tr><td width=20><td><b>QUOTE(3)</b><td align=right><b>QUOTE(3)</b>
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<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br>
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quotestrdup, quoterunestrdup, unquotestrdup, unquoterunestrdup,
quotestrfmt, quoterunestrfmt, quotefmtinstall, doquote, needsrcquote
&ndash; quoted character strings<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br>
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<tt><font size=+1>#include &lt;u.h&gt;<br>
#include &lt;libc.h&gt;
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<tt><font size=+1>char *quotestrdup(char *s)
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<tt><font size=+1>Rune *quoterunestrdup(Rune *s)
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<tt><font size=+1>char *unquotestrdup(char *s)
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<tt><font size=+1>Rune *unquoterunestrdup(Rune *s)
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<tt><font size=+1>int quotestrfmt(Fmt*)
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<tt><font size=+1>int quoterunestrfmt(Fmt*)
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<tt><font size=+1>void quotefmtinstall(void)
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<tt><font size=+1>int (*doquote)(int c)
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<tt><font size=+1>int needsrcquote(int c)
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<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br>
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These routines manipulate character strings, either adding or
removing quotes as necessary. In the quoted form, the strings
are in the style of <a href="../man1/rc.html"><i>rc</i>(1)</a><i>,</i> with single quotes surrounding the
string. Embedded single quotes are indicated by a doubled single
quote. For instance,<br>
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<tt><font size=+1>Don't worry!<br>
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when quoted becomes<br>
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<tt><font size=+1>'Don''t worry!'<br>
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The empty string is represented by two quotes, <tt><font size=+1>''</font></tt>.
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The first four functions act as variants of <tt><font size=+1>strdup</font></tt> (see <a href="../man3/strcat.html"><i>strcat</i>(3)</a>).
Each returns a freshly allocated copy of the string, created using
<a href="../man3/malloc.html"><i>malloc</i>(3)</a>. <i>Quotestrdup</i> returns a quoted copy of <i>s</i>, while <i>unquotestrdup</i>
returns a copy of <i>s</i> with the quotes evaluated. The <i>rune</i> versions
of these functions do the same for strings (see
<a href="../man3/runestrcat.html"><i>runestrcat</i>(3)</a>).
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The string returned by <i>quotestrdup</i> or <i>quoterunestrdup</i> has the
following properties:<br>
1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the original string <i>s</i> is empty, the returned string is <tt><font size=+1>''</font></tt>.<br>
2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If <i>s</i> contains no quotes, blanks, or control characters, the
returned string is identical to <i>s</i>.<br>
3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If <i>s</i> needs quotes to be added, the first character of the returned
string will be a quote. For example, <tt><font size=+1>hello world</font></tt> becomes <tt><font size=+1>'hello
world'</font></tt> not <tt><font size=+1>hello' 'world</font></tt>.
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The function pointer <i>doquote</i> is <tt><font size=+1>nil</font></tt> by default. If it is non-nil,
characters are passed to that function to see if they should be
quoted. This mechanism allows programs to specify that characters
other than blanks, control characters, or quotes be quoted. Regardless
of the return value of <i>*doquote</i>, blanks, control
characters, and quotes are always quoted. <i>Needsrcquote</i> is provided
as a <i>doquote</i> function that flags any character special to <a href="../man1/rc.html"><i>rc</i>(1)</a>.
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<i>Quotestrfmt</i> and <i>quoterunestrfmt</i> are <a href="../man3/print.html"><i>print</i>(3)</a> formatting routines
that produce quoted strings as output. They may be installed by
hand, but <i>quotefmtinstall</i> installs them under the standard format
characters <tt><font size=+1>q</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>Q</font></tt>. (They are not installed automatically.) If
the format string includes the alternate format character <tt><font size=+1>#</font></tt>,
for example <tt><font size=+1>%#q</font></tt>, the printed string will always be quoted; otherwise
quotes will only be provided if necessary to avoid ambiguity.
In <tt><font size=+1>&lt;libc.h&gt;</font></tt> there are <tt><font size=+1>#pragma</font></tt> statements so the compiler can type-check
uses of <tt><font size=+1>%q</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>%Q</font></tt> in <a href="../man3/print.html"><i>print</i>(3)</a> format strings.<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br>
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<tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/quote.c<br>
/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/fmt/fmtquote.c<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br>
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<a href="../man1/rc.html"><i>rc</i>(1)</a>, <a href="../man3/malloc.html"><i>malloc</i>(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/print.html"><i>print</i>(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/strcat.html"><i>strcat</i>(3)</a><br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br>
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Because it is provided by the format library, <i>doquote</i> is a preprocessor
macro defined as <i>fmtdoquote</i>; see <a href="../man3/intro.html"><i>intro</i>(3)</a>.<br>
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