From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Backslash codes
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 12:56:20 -0700
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Will C Stockwell wrote:

> I am having a problem with the backslashes codes for the printf()
> statement and the compiler. I put one in and it say stray "\" in code or
> something close to that. What's the deal with this? Thanks.

Backslashes are used as escape codes in string literals in C; I suggest you
get an introductory book on C.  If you want to actually embed a backslash in a
string, you need to escape it twice (\\).

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