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Balcer - 28 Aug 2003 14:15 GMT

Hello,
I cannot compile this:
unsigned char myChars[]= "?|\+*";
The compiler (CW8.3) complanis about illegar character constant. OK I understand
this. So I changed it to:
unsigned char myChars[]= "?|\\+*";
thinking that \\ will be changed to \
but after preprocessing I see that there are two \\ in the myChars array. I want
one!
Can anyone give me a clue how to place a backslash into the string?

TIA,
Michau

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David Phillip Oster - 28 Aug 2003 15:36 GMT

> unsigned char myChars[]= "?|\\+*";
> thinking that \\ will be changed to \
> but after preprocessing I see that there are two \\ in the myChars array. I
> want one!

You are right, it is just that the tool you are using to look at the
string is drawing the backslash doubled. to see this, look at

myChars[3]. It should be '+'.

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Miro Jurisic - 28 Aug 2003 17:42 GMT

> I cannot compile this:
> unsigned char myChars[]= "?|\+*";
> The compiler (CW8.3) complanis about illegar character constant. OK I
> understand this.

You can? I can't. What you have above should compile just fine, and it does.

meeroh

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Backslash in the string