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NAME

librock_sscharbe - translate C backslash escape sequences

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SYNOPSIS

#include <librock/parse.h>

int
librock_sscharbe(
    const char *pStart,
    char *pRet
);

DESCRIPTION

/* Translate C backslash escape sequences \f \t \n \ooo \r \b \xXX \\ \0 Other characters and those which follow a backslash character are stored at non-NULL pRet without translation.

Returns number of characters processed or 0 if *pStart == '\0'

Typical use:

#ifdef librock_TYPICAL_USE_sscharbe
    const char *ptr = "Try\x20this\040test.\n";
    while(*ptr) {
        char ch;
        ptr += librock_sscharbe(ptr,&ch);
        printf("%c",ch);
    }
#endif

USES

    // [No external calls.]

LICENSE

  Copyright 1998-2002 Forrest J. Cavalier III, http://www.mibsoftware.com
  Open-source under MIT license. NO WARRANTY. Copies must retain this block.
  License text in <librock/license/mit.txt> librock_LIDESC_HC=cc598307414a9997b32b60a2e7a8e7c6a13d6438

Source Code

./text/convert/nonint/decbe.c (implementation, plus source of this manual page)

This software is part of Librock

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