@ESCAPIFY
— Returns the
string, with troublesome characters escaped.
Syntax:
%@ESCAPIFY[
string]
string | string to be escapified |
This function returns the input string, with troublesome characters replaced by C-style character escape sequences. See Escapification for more details.
You can use the CESC_CHARS
and CESC_FLAGS
environment
variables to tweak the way text is escapified.
echo %@escapify[<p>This is a test.</p>]
See also: @EXP
, which performs the
reverse operation, expanding escape sequences in a string.