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escapism_string_escape_unescape_for_c_identifiers.py

python

Escape arbitrary strings into a restricted character set (like C identifiers) a

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escapism_string_escape_unescape_for_c_identifiers.py
1from escapism import escape, unescape
2
3# escape a string for use as a C identifier
4e = escape("123-string", safe="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_")
5print(e)
6# _31_32_33_2dstring
7
8# unescape it
9u = unescape(e)
10print(u)
11# 123-string