Unquoting: meaning, definitions and examples
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unquoting
[ ʌnˈkwoʊtɪŋ ]
data processing
Unquoting refers to the process of removing quotation marks from a string or a piece of text. It is commonly used in programming and data manipulation to convert quoted literals back into their original, unquoted format.
Synonyms
dequote, remove quotes, unquote.
Examples of usage
- The script included a function for unquoting the input data.
- After unquoting the string, we could parse the values correctly.
- You need to unquote the URL before making the request.
Translations
Translations of the word "unquoting" in other languages:
🇵🇹 desquotação
🇮🇳 अनउद्धरण
🇩🇪 Entquote
🇮🇩 menghapus kutipan
🇺🇦 випускання з цитати
🇵🇱 usunięcie cytatu
🇯🇵 引用解除
🇫🇷 désquotage
🇪🇸 descuotación
🇹🇷 alıntıdan çıkarma
🇰🇷 인용 해제
🇸🇦 إزالة الاقتباس
🇨🇿 odebrání citace
🇸🇰 odstránenie citátu
🇨🇳 取消引用
🇸🇮 odstranitev citata
🇮🇸 afmála tilvitnun
🇰🇿 цитаттан шығару
🇬🇪 ციტატის მოცილება
🇦🇿 alıntının çıxarılması
🇲🇽 descuento de cita
Etymology
The term 'unquoting' was derived from the verb 'quote', which itself comes from the Latin word 'quotare', meaning 'to mark a number'. In the context of language, quoting is used to denote specific passages, words, or phrases attributed to a source. The prefix 'un-' indicates negation or reversal of that action. In computing and programming, the concept of quoting developed as programming languages began to include string variables, requiring a way to delineate text from code. As programming became more widespread in the late 20th century, the need for operations such as unquoting became essential, particularly for parsing data input and output. The process of unquoting allows developers to handle string literals appropriately within scripts and programs.