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sml-projects/fcore/escape-string.sml

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Standard ML

structure EscapeString =
struct
(* The specific escape sequences handled are in the
* `rewriteAcc` function below.
* These escape sequences were decided on because
* they are the same escape sequences recognised in Standard ML.
* A reference is available here:
* https://smlfamily.github.io/Basis/char.html#SIG:CHAR.fromCString:VAL
*
* However, thre omissions have been made:
* - \ddd denoting an integer in the range 0 - 255
* - \uxxxx denoting the character whose code is the integer xxxx
* - \f f\ denoting a sequence of characters to ignore
*
* In the first two cases, it is easier to type the character directly.
* In the third case, there is little use for it.
* *)
fun rewriteAcc (#"\\", acc) =
(case acc of
#"a" :: tl => #"\a" :: tl
| #"b" :: tl => #"\b" :: tl
| #"t" :: tl => #"\t" :: tl
| #"n" :: tl => #"\n" :: tl
| #"v" :: tl => #"\v" :: tl
| #"f" :: tl => #"\f" :: tl
| #"r" :: tl => #"\r" :: tl
| #"?" :: tl => #"?" :: tl
| #"\\" :: tl => #"\\" :: tl
| #"\"" :: tl => #"\"" :: tl
| #"'" :: tl => #"'" :: tl
| #"^" :: hd :: tl =>
(* handle control characters *)
let
val code = Char.ord hd
in
if code >= 64 andalso code <= 95 then
let val chr = Char.chr (code - 64)
in chr :: tl
end
else
(* invalid escape sequence: leave alone *)
#"\\" :: acc
end
| _ =>
(* when there is no valid escape sequence,
* just leave slash in output *)
#"\\" :: acc)
| rewriteAcc (chr, acc) = chr :: acc
fun help (pos, str, acc) =
if pos < 0 then
String.implode acc
else
let
val chr = String.sub (str, pos)
val acc = rewriteAcc (chr, acc)
in
help (pos - 1, str, acc)
end
fun unescape str =
help (String.size str - 1, str, [])
end