/* * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * Jordan K. Hubbard * 29 August 1998 * * $Id$ * * Routine for doing backslash elimination. */ #include #include #define DIGIT(x) (isdigit(x) ? (x) - '0' : islower(x) ? (x) + 10 - 'a' : (x) + 10 - 'A') /* * backslash: Return malloc'd copy of str with all standard "backslash * processing" done on it. Original can be free'd if desired. */ char * backslash(char *str) { /* * Remove backslashes from the strings. Turn \040 etc. into a single * character (we allow eight bit values). Currently NUL is not * allowed. * * Turn "\n" and "\t" into '\n' and '\t' characters. Etc. * */ char *new_str; int seenbs = 0; int i = 0; if ((new_str = strdup(str)) == NULL) return NULL; while (*str) { if (seenbs) { seenbs = 0; switch (*str) { case '\\': new_str[i++] = '\\'; str++; break; case 'b': new_str[i++] = '\b'; str++; break; case 'f': new_str[i++] = '\f'; str++; break; case 'r': new_str[i++] = '\r'; str++; break; case 'n': new_str[i++] = '\n'; str++; break; case 's': new_str[i++] = ' '; str++; break; case 't': new_str[i++] = '\t'; str++; break; case 'v': new_str[i++] = '\13'; str++; break; case 'z': str++; break; case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9': { char val; /* Three digit octal constant? */ if (*str >= '0' && *str <= '3' && *(str + 1) >= '0' && *(str + 1) <= '7' && *(str + 2) >= '0' && *(str + 2) <= '7') { val = (DIGIT(*str) << 6) + (DIGIT(*(str + 1)) << 3) + DIGIT(*(str + 2)); /* Allow null value if user really wants to shoot at feet, but beware! */ new_str[i++] = val; str += 3; break; } /* One or two digit hex constant? * If two are there they will both be taken. * Use \z to split them up if this is not wanted. */ if (*str == '0' && (*(str + 1) == 'x' || *(str + 1) == 'X') && isxdigit(*(str + 2))) { val = DIGIT(*(str + 2)); if (isxdigit(*(str + 3))) { val = (val << 4) + DIGIT(*(str + 3)); str += 4; } else str += 3; /* Yep, allow null value here too */ new_str[i++] = val; break; } } break; default: new_str[i++] = *str++; break; } } else { if (*str == '\\') { seenbs = 1; str++; } else new_str[i++] = *str++; } } if (seenbs) { /* * The final character was a '\'. Put it in as a single backslash. */ new_str[i++] = '\\'; } new_str[i] = '\0'; return new_str; }