Escaping a C++ string

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Take a look at the Boost’s String Algorithm Library. You can use its is_print classifier (together with its operator! overload) to pick out nonprintable characters, and its find_format() functions can replace those with whatever formatting you wish.

#include <iostream>
#include <boost/format.hpp>
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>

struct character_escaper
{
    template<typename FindResultT>
    std::string operator()(const FindResultT& Match) const
    {
        std::string s;
        for (typename FindResultT::const_iterator i = Match.begin();
             i != Match.end();
             i++) {
            s += str(boost::format("\\x%02x") % static_cast<int>(*i));
        }
        return s;
    }
};

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
    std::string s("a\x01");
    boost::find_format_all(s, boost::token_finder(!boost::is_print()), character_escaper());
    std::cout << s << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

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