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From: | "Deadline" <No AT notright DOT co DOT uk> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: error : unknown escape sequence |
Date: | Tue, 6 Mar 2001 15:52:44 -0000 |
Organization: | Customer of Energis Squared |
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References: | <982urm$kr3$1 AT newsg3 DOT svr DOT pol DOT co DOT uk> <98309o$25$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE> |
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Thanks Hans! , on closer inspection I had an extra \ Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in message news:98309o$25$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE... > Deadline <No AT notright DOT co DOT uk> wrote: > > Hi have a look at the code below. rhide gives > > the error: "unknown escape sequence: `\' followed by char code 0 * 20" > > this code compiles ok in Borland tclite. > > The character code was 0x20, I guess, not 0*20. That's the ASCII code > for the space character. You obviously have a dangling space between > the '\' and the actual end of the line. > > If Borland groks that, their preprocessor is broken. > > > It looks like the end of the line backslash may be the problem but what > > could I use to continue the next line if not \ ? > > Direct string constant concatenation: > > printf("\Numbers: %i\n %i\n %i\n" > " %i\n %i",a,b,c,d,e); > > > -- > Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) > Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
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