escapex()

escapex(<string>[, <omissions>[, <substitutions>]])

escapex() is escape(), with some characters left as they are. Each character of <omissions> that is not one of the letters below is left alone wherever it appears. The letters leave alone a kind of %-substitution, by not putting a backslash before its %:

a: colour, %c and %x.
8: %<.
s: spacing, %b, %t and %r.
d: dbrefs, %#, %!, %@ and %l.
p: pronouns and names, %n, %p, %a, %s and %o.
x: the substitutions whose letters are in <substitutions>.

Like escape(), escapex() puts a backslash at the front, unless the string starts with a character that gets its own backslash or a substitution left alone. f leaves it out, and r escapes only what the others would leave alone (with r, f puts the front backslash in).

escapex() comes from RhostMUSH.

> think escapex(x\[y\])
\x\[y\]
> think escapex(\[add\(1\,1\)\])
\[add\(1\,1\)\]
> think escapex(\[add\(1\,1\)\], f\[\])
[add\(1\,1\)]
> think escapex(\%b\[x\], fsr)
\%b[x]

::: seealso

escape()
secure() :::