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API Function: unq_escape

Summary:

Escape data for UNQ encoding

Defined In LPC Object:

/usr/common/sys/stringd.c

Prototype:

string unq_escape(string str)

Can Be Called By:

Anybody

Description:

Returns the string with all tildes, curly-braces and backslashes prefaced with a backslash. This means that if decoded as an UNQ string, everything will appear as a literal character. This is useful for serializing strings as UNQ.

Return Value:

The new string.

Errors:

Normally none.

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