static String unquote(String s) { if (s == null) return null; if (s.startsWith("[")) { int i = 1; while (i < s.length() && s.charAt(i) == '=') ++i; if (i < s.length() && s.charAt(i) == '[') { String m = s.substring(1, i); if (s.endsWith("]" + m + "]")) return s.substring(i+1, s.length()-i-1); } } if ((s.startsWith("\"") || s.startsWith("\'")) && s.length() > 1) { int l = s.endsWith(substring(s, 0, 1)) ? s.length()-1 : s.length(); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(l-1); for (int i = 1; i < l; i++) { char ch = s.charAt(i); if (ch == '\\') { char nextChar = (i == l - 1) ? '\\' : s.charAt(i + 1); // Octal escape? if (nextChar >= '0' && nextChar <= '7') { String code = "" + nextChar; i++; if ((i < l - 1) && s.charAt(i + 1) >= '0' && s.charAt(i + 1) <= '7') { code += s.charAt(i + 1); i++; if ((i < l - 1) && s.charAt(i + 1) >= '0' && s.charAt(i + 1) <= '7') { code += s.charAt(i + 1); i++; } } sb.append((char) Integer.parseInt(code, 8)); continue; } switch (nextChar) { case '\\': ch = '\\'; break; case 'b': ch = '\b'; break; case 'f': ch = '\f'; break; case 'n': ch = '\n'; break; case 'r': ch = '\r'; break; case 't': ch = '\t'; break; case '\"': ch = '\"'; break; case '\'': ch = '\''; break; // Hex Unicode: u???? case 'u': if (i >= l - 5) { ch = 'u'; break; } int code = Integer.parseInt( "" + s.charAt(i + 2) + s.charAt(i + 3) + s.charAt(i + 4) + s.charAt(i + 5), 16); sb.append(Character.toChars(code)); i += 5; continue; default: ch = nextChar; // added by Stefan } i++; } sb.append(ch); } return sb.toString(); } return s; // not quoted - return original } /*ifclass WebNode static S unquote(WebNode n) { ret n == null ? null : unquote(web_text(n)); } endif*/