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Synopsis

encodeString string

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

stringCommand result

MEL examples

// Set the string $s to: print("Hello\n");
string $quote = "\"";
// Result: " //

string $backslash = "\\";
// Result: \ //

string $s = "print(" + $quote + "Hello" + $backslash + "n" + $quote + ");";
// Result: print("Hello\n"); //

string $es = `encodeString $s`;
// Result: print(\"Hello\\n\"); //