json.quote - Real Function Reference

json.quote(text: string): string

Arguments

string

required

String to quote. The function reads this argument with string type checking.

Returns

string

Complete JSON string literal including the opening and closing quote. Quotes, backslashes, common control characters, and bytes below 0x20 are escaped.

Example

Convert a string into a complete quoted JSON string literal.

local source = "Real Docs" .. string.char(10) .. [[Documentation "A"]]
local quoted = json.quote(source)

print(quoted)

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