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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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    </font></tt>
    <tt><font size=+1>Rune *quoterunestrdup(Rune *s) 
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    </font></tt>
    <tt><font size=+1>char *unquotestrdup(char *s) 
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    </font></tt>
    <tt><font size=+1>Rune *unquoterunestrdup(Rune *s) 
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    </font></tt>
    <tt><font size=+1>int quotestrfmt(Fmt*) 
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    </font></tt>
    <tt><font size=+1>int quoterunestrfmt(Fmt*) 
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    </font></tt>
    <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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    </font></tt>
    
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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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        </font></tt>
        
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    when quoted becomes<br>
    
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        <tt><font size=+1>'Don''t worry!'<br>
        
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        </font></tt>
        
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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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