cbeam/convert/string.hpp

Escapes specified characters in a given string.

Escapes specified characters in a given string.This function takes an input string and escapes characters that are found in the characters_to_escape string. Each occurrence of any character from characters_to_escape is prefixed with the specified escape_character.

Parameters

input	The string to be processed.
escape_character	The character used for escaping.
characters_to_escape	A string containing all characters that should be escaped.

Returns

A new string with the specified characters escaped.

std::string original = "Hello, world!";
std::string escaped = escape_string(original, '\\', ",!");
// escaped would be "Hello\, world\!"