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NAME
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estr - represent some types of value by text strings
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SYNOPSIS
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estr(x)
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TYPES
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x null, string, real or complex number, list, matrix,
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object. block, named block, error
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return string
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DESCRIPTION
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This function attempts to represent x exactly by a string s of
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ordinary text characters such that eval(s) == x.
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If x is null, estr(x) returns the string "".
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If x is a string, estr(x) returns the string in which occurrences of
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newline, tab, ", \, etc. have been converted to \n, \t, \",
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\\, etc., '\0' to \000 or \0 according as the next character is
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or is not an octal digit, and other non-text characters to their
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escaped hex representation, e.g. char(165) becomes \xa5.
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For real x, estr(x) represebts x in fractional mode.
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EXAMPLE
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; estr("abc\0xyz\00023\n\xa5\r\n")
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""abc\0xyz\00023\n\xa5\r\n""
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; estr(1.67)
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"167/100"
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; estr(mat[3] = {2, list(3,5), "abc"})
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"mat[3]={2,list(3,5),"abc""
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LIMITS
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none
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LINK LIBRARY
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none
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SEE ALSO
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str, strprintf
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