diff --git a/include/libabacus.h b/include/libabacus.h
index ad015e3..077add3 100644
--- a/include/libabacus.h
+++ b/include/libabacus.h
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ void libab_get_true_value(libab* ab, libab_ref* into);
  * @param into the reference into which to store the false value.
  */
 void libab_get_false_value(libab* ab, libab_ref* into);
+/**
+ * Get the boolean value corresponding to val from this
+ * libab instance.
+ * @param ab the instance to get the value from.
+ * @param val the true or false value to represent.
+ * @param into the reference into which to store the value.
+ */
+void libab_get_bool_value(libab* ab, int val, libab_ref* into);
 
 /**
  * Executes the given string of code.
diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
index cf48fb2..9a509fe 100644
--- a/include/util.h
+++ b/include/util.h
@@ -178,5 +178,12 @@ void* libab_unwrap_value(libab_ref* ref);
  * @return the value at the given index.
  */
 void* libab_unwrap_param(libab_ref_vec* vec, size_t index);
+/**
+ * Sanitizes a string to avoid liblex compilation errors.
+ * @param to the buffer to store the sanitized string to.
+ * @param from the string to sanitize.
+ * @param buffer_size the size of the to buffer.
+ */
+void libab_sanitize(char* to, const char* from, size_t buffer_size);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libabacus.c b/src/libabacus.c
index f83ddd9..757591d 100644
--- a/src/libabacus.c
+++ b/src/libabacus.c
@@ -84,18 +84,6 @@ libab_result libab_init(libab* ab, void* (*parse_function)(const char*),
     return result;
 }
 
-void _sanitize(char* to, const char* from, size_t buffer_size) {
-    size_t index = 0;
-    while (*from && index < (buffer_size - 2)) {
-        if (*from == '+' || *from == '*' || *from == '\\' ||
-                *from == '|' || *from == '[' || *from == ']' || *from == '(' ||
-                *from == ')')
-            to[index++] = '\\';
-        to[index++] = *(from++);
-    }
-    to[index] = '\0';
-}
-
 void _initialize_behavior(libab_behavior* behavior, libab_ref* type,
                           libab_function_ptr func) {
     behavior->variant = BIMPL_INTERNAL;
@@ -120,7 +108,7 @@ libab_result _register_operator(libab* ab, const char* op,
     }
 
     if (result == LIBAB_SUCCESS) {
-        _sanitize(op_buffer, op, 8);
+        libab_sanitize(op_buffer, op, 8);
         result = libab_convert_lex_result(
             eval_config_add(&ab->lexer.config, op_buffer, TOKEN_OP));
     }
@@ -412,6 +400,10 @@ void libab_get_false_value(libab* ab, libab_ref* into) {
     libab_interpreter_false_value(&ab->intr, into);
 }
 
+void libab_get_bool_value(libab* ab, int val, libab_ref* into) {
+    val ? libab_get_true_value(ab, into) : libab_get_false_value(ab, into);
+}
+
 libab_result _create_tree(libab* ab, const char* string, libab_tree** into) {
     libab_result result = LIBAB_SUCCESS;
     ll tokens;
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index cc93e3e..287b4f1 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -416,3 +416,15 @@ void* libab_unwrap_param(libab_ref_vec* vec, size_t index) {
     libab_ref_free(&temp);
     return data;
 }
+
+void libab_sanitize(char* to, const char* from, size_t buffer_size) {
+    size_t index = 0;
+    while (*from && index < (buffer_size - 2)) {
+        if (*from == '+' || *from == '*' || *from == '\\' ||
+                *from == '|' || *from == '[' || *from == ']' || *from == '(' ||
+                *from == ')')
+            to[index++] = '\\';
+        to[index++] = *(from++);
+    }
+    to[index] = '\0';
+}