Index: libcfa/src/collections/string.hfa
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--- libcfa/src/collections/string.hfa	(revision b19b3623da9e91bd1dc2397cc1211cf5def36992)
+++ libcfa/src/collections/string.hfa	(revision bb1eabcd6f64b0ee41ffacd7dd40e7329004f68e)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 // Created On       : Fri Sep 03 11:00:00 2021
 // Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Sat May  2 19:09:55 2026
-// Update Count     : 322
+// Last Modified On : Sun May  3 23:24:08 2026
+// Update Count     : 324
 //
 
@@ -90,5 +90,6 @@
 	_Ostream_Manip(string) oct( string s ) { return (_Ostream_Manip(string))@{ .val = s, .wd = 1, .pc = 0, .base = 'o', { .all = 0 } }; }
 	_Ostream_Manip(string) hex( string s ) { return (_Ostream_Manip(string))@{ .val = s, .wd = 1, .pc = 0, .base = 'x', { .all = 0 } }; }
-	_Ostream_Manip(string) quote( string s ) { return (_Ostream_Manip(string))@{ .val = s, .wd = 1, .pc = 0, .base = 's', { .flags.quote = true } }; }
+	_Ostream_Manip(string) quote( string s, const char qleft = '"', const char qright = '\0' ) {
+		return (_Ostream_Manip(string))@{ .val = s, .wd = 1, .pc = 0, .base = 's', { .flags.quote = true }, .qleft = qleft, .qright = qright }; }
 	_Ostream_Manip(string) wd( unsigned int wd, string s ) { return (_Ostream_Manip(string))@{ .val = s, .wd = wd, .pc = 0, .base = 's', { .all = 0 } }; }
 	_Ostream_Manip(string) wd( unsigned int wd, unsigned int pc, string s ) { return (_Ostream_Manip(string))@{ .val = s, .wd = wd, .pc = pc, .base = 's', { .flags.pc = true } }; }
@@ -98,5 +99,6 @@
 	_Ostream_Manip(string) & nobase( _Ostream_Manip(string) & fmt ) { fmt.flags.nobsdp = true; return fmt; }
 	_Ostream_Manip(string) & upcase( _Ostream_Manip(string) & fmt ) { if ( fmt.base == 'x' || fmt.base == 'b' ) fmt.base -= 32; /* upper case */ return fmt; }
-	_Ostream_Manip(string) & quote( _Ostream_Manip(string) & fmt ) { fmt.flags.quote = true; return fmt; } \
+	_Ostream_Manip(string) & quote( _Ostream_Manip(string) & fmt, const char qleft = '"', const char qright = '\0' ) {
+		fmt.flags.quote = true; fmt.qleft = qleft, fmt.qright = qright; return fmt; }
 } // distribution