Utf8.escape
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Escapes a string to a UTF-8 format string. It supports several escape formats, see the formatting table.
Syntax
string utf8.escape ( string input )
Required Arguments
- input: A string character sequence
Returns
Returns a string containing the escaped UTF-8 characters from the original string.
Formatting
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| %ddd | ddd is a decimal number with variable length |
| %{ddd} | same as above, but enclosed in brackets |
| %uddd | same as %ddd, 'u' stands for unicode |
| %u{ddd} | same as above, but enclosed in brackets |
| %xhhh | hexadigit version of %ddd |
| %x{hhh} | same as above, but enclosed in brackets |
| %? | '?' stands for any other character to be escaped |
Example
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ServerThis example escapes two byte-string literals to UTF-8 format by using the utf8.escape function.
local output = utf8.escape( "%123 %u123 %{123} %u{123} %xABC %x{ABC}" )
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local output = utf8.escape( "%%123 %? %d %%u" )
print( output ) -- %123 ? d %u
See Also
- utf8.byte
- utf8.char
- utf8.charpos
- utf8.escape
- utf8.find
- utf8.fold
- utf8.gmatch
- utf8.gsub
- utf8.insert
- utf8.len
- utf8.lower
- utf8.match
- utf8.ncasecmp
- utf8.next
- utf8.remove
- utf8.reverse
- utf8.sub
- utf8.title
- utf8.upper
- utf8.width
- utf8.widthindex