Function escape_csv_value

LASzip/src/mydefs.cpp:868–880

Correctly encapsulates CSV special characters and doubles quotation marks for valid CSV

/// Correctly encapsulates CSV special characters and doubles quotation marks for valid CSV
std::string escape_csv_value(const std::string& value) {
  // only escape if special " characters present
  std::string escaped;
  escaped.reserve(value.size());

  for (char c : value) {
    if (c == '"')
      escaped += "\"\"";  // double quotation marks
    else
      escaped += c;
  }
  return escaped;
}

/// Converts all XML reserved characters in the string to their safe entity codes for valid XML
std::string escape_xml_value(const std::string& value) {