quote
quote |
Purpose
Quote and encode a text string.
Synopsis
function quote(txt:text,qtype:integer,sepchar:integer):text
function quote(txt:text):text
Arguments
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txt
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A
text object
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qtype
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Quoting convention
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sepchar
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Code of the separator character or 0
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Example
The following statement:
writeln(quote('test CSV "quoted" string',2,44))
displays:
"test CSV ""quoted"" string"
Further information
1. This function generates an encoded form of the provided text string according to the given quoting convention
qtype (see
sys_qtype) and separator character
sepchar. The provided text may be returned unchanged if the selected convention does not require quotes and the text does not include any special character or the specified separator character.
2. If argument
sepchar is
0, quoting is enforced even if the selected quoting convention would not require quotes.
3. In the second form of the routine, parameters
sys_qtype and
sys_sepchar are used as default values for arguments
qtype and
sepchar.
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