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Synopsis

encodeString( string )

Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.

encodeString is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

This action will take a string and encode any character that would need to be escaped before being sent to some other command. Such characters include:

Return value

string

Python examples

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Set the string s to: print('Hello\n');
quote = '\"'
backslash = '\\'
s = 'print(' + quote + 'Hello' + backslash + 'n' + quote + ')'
print 's=' + s
s=print("Hello\n")

es = cmds.encodeString(s)
print 'es=' + es
es=print(\"Hello\\n\")