EC_STR_QUOTE(3)

💖 EC_STR_QUOTE(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual and it's about one (1) little function that is lowkey a whole vibe. sit with me. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_str_quote — quote a string, escaping nested quotes. it's giving "put a lil jacket on your string so nothing inside it escapes". 🧥✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/string.h>

char * ec_str_quote(
    const char   *str,    /* The string to quote. */
    /*
     * The quote character to use: usually " or ' but can be anything. If 0,

     * select between " or ' automatically.
     */
    char          quote,
    /*
     * If true, always add quotes, else add them only if the string contains
     * spaces or quotes.
     */
    bool          force
);

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💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

it hands you back an allocated string, and no cap, you are the one who has to free it — call free() on it yourself, bestie. the function is not your mom, it is not cleaning up after you. 😭 own your memory. 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• ec_str_parse_llint(3)
• ec_str_startswith(3)
• ec_str_is_space(3)
• ec_strcmp_count(3)
• ec_str_parse_ullint(3)
• ec_str_wrap(3)

go read them, they're all iconic in their own way. 👑

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this one's from libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and it lives at section EC_STR_QUOTE(3) — go quote some strings, you absolute main character. 🌈✨🎀