pub fn parse_string(s: &str) -> Result<String, ParseSequenceError>Expand description
Parse the provided quoted string. This function was adopted from snailquote.
§Details
Parses a single or double quoted string and interprets escape sequences such as ‘\n’, ‘\r’, ‘'’, etc.
Supports raw strings prefixed with r or R in which case all escape sequences are ignored.///
The full set of supported escapes between quotes may be found below:
| Escape | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| \a | 0x07 | Bell |
| \b | 0x08 | Backspace |
| \v | 0x0B | Vertical tab |
| \f | 0x0C | Form feed |
| \n | 0x0A | Newline |
| \r | 0x0D | Carriage return |
| \t | 0x09 | Tab |
| \ | 0x5C | Backslash |
| ? | 0x?? | Question mark |
| " | 0x22 | Double quote |
| ' | 0x27 | Single quote |
| ` | 0x60 | Backtick |
| \xDD | 0xDD | Unicode character with hex code DD |
| \uDDDD | 0xDDDD | Unicode character with hex code DDDD |
| \UDDDDDDDD | 0xDDDDDDDD | Unicode character with hex code DDDDDDDD |
| \DDD | 0DDD | Unicode character with octal code DDD |
§Errors
The returned result can display a human readable error if the string cannot be parsed as a valid quoted string.