Function newStringForStringTableKey

Trash/stringTable.c:200–234

* Returns a new malloc'ed string if one is found * in the string table matching 'key'. Also translates * \n escapes in the string. */

 * \n escapes in the string.
 */
char *newStringForStringTableKey(
	char *table,
	char *key
)
{
    char *val, *newstr, *p;
   INTN size;
    
    if (getValueForStringTableKey(table, key, &val, &size)) {
	newstr = malloc(size+1);
	for (p = newstr; size; size--, p++, val++) {
	    if ((*p = *val) == '\\') {
		switch (*++val) {
		case 'r':
		    *p = '\r';
		    break;
		case 'n':
		    *p = '\n';
		    break;
		case 't':
		    *p = '\t';
		    break;
		default:
		    *p = *val;
		    break;
		}
		size--;
	    }
	}
	*p = '\0';
	return newstr;
    } else {
	return 0;
    }
}

char *
newStringForKey(char *key)