From 4d19752964aacd0c3de24c1e3c9283d2de8255d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Wuttke <p.wuttke@dsfishlabs.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:31:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added quoted() string helper.

---
 source/mijin/util/string.hpp | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/mijin/util/string.hpp b/source/mijin/util/string.hpp
index 42f1365..f8fd9c1 100644
--- a/source/mijin/util/string.hpp
+++ b/source/mijin/util/string.hpp
@@ -1020,6 +1020,29 @@ bool convertStringType(const TFrom* strFrom, std::basic_string<TTo, TToTraits, T
 {
     return convertStringType(std::basic_string_view<TFrom>(strFrom), outString);
 }
+
+template<typename TChar, typename TTraits, typename TAlloc = MIJIN_DEFAULT_ALLOCATOR<TChar>>
+std::basic_string<TChar, TTraits, TAlloc> quoted(std::basic_string_view<TChar, TTraits> input)
+{
+    std::basic_string<TChar, TTraits> result;
+    result.reserve(input.size() + 2);
+    result.push_back(TChar('"'));
+    for (const TChar chr : input)
+    {
+        if (chr == TChar('"') || chr == TChar('\\')) {
+            result.push_back(TChar('\\'));
+        }
+        result.push_back(chr);
+    }
+    result.push_back(TChar('"'));
+    return result;
+}
+
+template<typename TChar, typename TTraits, typename TAlloc>
+std::basic_string<TChar, TTraits, TAlloc> quoted(const std::basic_string<TChar, TTraits, TAlloc>& input)
+{
+    return quoted<TChar, TTraits, TAlloc>(std::basic_string_view(input));
+}
 } // namespace mijin
 
 #endif // !defined(MIJIN_UTIL_STRING_HPP_INCLUDED)