Function Block ADDSLASHES
The Function Block ADDSLASHES adds a "\" before certain characters in the string STR (as in C).
Note: This function is Binary-Safe. This means that UTF8 characters cannot be processed directly.
Input STR
Defines the string to process.
Input CHARLIST
The input is a string with a list of all characters that should receive an escape. This is represented including the escape character. For example: "\n\r\t".
Note: These must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
A list of characters to escape. If CHARLIST contains characters like \n, \r etc., these are converted in C-style, while other non-alphanumeric characters with an ASCII value less than 32 or greater than 126 are converted to their octal representation.
If you note a character sequence at the input CHARLIST, inform yourself about which characters are between the first and last character.
The input can also define sequences:
| CHARLIST | Description |
|---|---|
| a..z | All lowercase letters are masked. |
| A..Z | All uppercase letters are masked. |
| A..z0..9 | All uppercase and lowercase letters and all numbers are masked. |
| z..A | Is faulty and masks A, z and the . |