2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/core/StarJson.cpp b/source/core/StarJson.cpp
index 7cf1cda..15b7092 100644
--- a/source/core/StarJson.cpp
+++ b/source/core/StarJson.cpp
@@ -868,6 +868,12 @@ String Json::printJson(int pretty, bool sort) const {
   return repr(pretty, sort);
 }
 
+String Json::printString() const {
+  if (type() == Type::String)
+    return *m_data.get<StringConstPtr>();
+  return repr();
+}
+
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, Json const& v) {
   outputUtf8Json(v, std::ostream_iterator<char>(os), 0, false);
   return os;
diff --git a/source/core/StarJson.hpp b/source/core/StarJson.hpp
index b58b9a0..fb4c229 100644
--- a/source/core/StarJson.hpp
+++ b/source/core/StarJson.hpp
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ public:
   String repr(int pretty = 0, bool sort = false) const;
   // Prints JSON object or array only (only top level types allowed by JSON)
   String printJson(int pretty = 0, bool sort = false) const;
+  // Same but avoids quotation marks if this is a string
+  String printString() const;
 
   // operator== and operator!= compare for exact equality with all types, and
   // additionally equality with numeric conversion with Int <-> Float