Re: generating escaped representation of string
Re: generating escaped representation of string
- Subject: Re: generating escaped representation of string
- From: matt neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:25:41 -0700
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:25:50 -0700, matt neuburg <email@hidden> said:
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I wish to convert an NSString to a representation where
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escape characters are used, as they would look if you were
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inputting the corresponding literal. For example I want a
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return character to appear as \r and an ASCII 1 character
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to appear as \x01. Then I want this string to be editable
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and convert back the result to a normal NSString, so that
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if the user enters \r it becomes a return character. Is
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there some utility function that will do this for me?
How come no one is saying "yes"? How does NSLog generate its string representation? For that matter, how does sprintf do it in the Terminal? There must be a utility function somewhere. m.
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