ECONF_HASQUOTES(3)

💅 ECONF_HASQUOTES(3) — libeconf Manual, bestie edition 💅

okay so this is a section 3 manual page from libeconf, and it's literally all about checking whether a value is wrapped in quotes. tiny function, big "is it quoted or not" energy. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

econf_hasQuotes — check whether the value of a key is enclosed by quotes 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <libeconf.h>

bool econf_hasQuotes(econf_file *kf, const char *group,
const char *key);

yes bestie, that's the whole signature. kf is your file object, group is the group, key is the key. iconic. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the econf_hasQuotes() function does exactly one thing and does it well: it checks whether the value of the key specified by group and key in the given configuration file object kf is enclosed by quotes. no cap. 🔥

and listen — if group is NULL, the key is considered to belong to no group. periodt. 💀

a value is enclosed by quotes either because:

• it was parsed from a configuration file where it was written with a leading quote character 🍓
• or because it was marked as such with econf_setQuotes() 🎀

and here's the tea: this flag only affects how the value will be enclosed by quotes when the configuration is written back with econf_writeFile(). that's it. it doesn't do anything else. iykyk. 👑

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🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

econf_hasQuotes() returns true if the value of the given group/key is enclosed by quotes, and false otherwise. simple as that. 💖

false is also returned if:

• kf is NULL 😭
• or the group/key combination has not been found 🙈

so yeah, false is kind of doing double duty here. main character energy fr fr. ⭐

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• libeconf(3)
• econf_setQuotes(3)
• econf_writeFile(3)

go read those too, bestie. they're all connected. 🧚💜

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lowkey reminder: every detail above is exactly what the page says — i'm just saying it with ✨flavor✨. don't come for me. 💅

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this was libeconf, dated 2026-10-15, section 3 of the manual. mwah. 💋🎀🦋🌸