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string.printable

String Core4 Lua Commands

SYNOPSIS

result = string.printable(arg)

DESCRIPTION

Converts arg into something that can be printed to a terminal window.

If arg is a string, the result is the string data put in double quotes and all unprintable characters converted into backslash style escape sequences.

For all other types, the call runs tostring().

RETURN VALUE

Returns a string.