[#absl-Utf8SafeCEscape]
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Escapes a `src` string using C‐style escape sequences, escaping bytes as octal sequences, and passing through UTF‐8 characters without conversion.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/strings/escaping.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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std::string
Utf8SafeCEscape(std::string_view src);
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== Description

I.e., when encountering any bytes with their high bit set, this function will not escape those values, whether or not they are valid UTF‐8.

== Return Value

The escaped string.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *src*
| The string to escape.
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