# parse_window_name

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/names.c#L142
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-parse_window_name/

```c
char * parse_window_name(const char *in)
```

## Parameters

- `in` (`const char *`)

## Called by

- [`default_window_name`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-default_window_name/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/names.c#L116)
- [`format_cb_current_command`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-format-c-format_cb_current_command/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/format.c#L908)

## Calls

- [`clean_name`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-clean_name/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/names.c#L169)
- [`xstrdup`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-xstrdup/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/names.c#L146)