From: xholp09 AT drson DOT vse DOT cz (Pavel Holejsovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: what about the "\"
Date: 12 Dec 1996 12:53:23 GMT
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: char* str;
: str = new char[5];
: strcpy( str, "C:\PT" );

: and printing this gives ( C:PT  ), the "\" is stripped. when compiling the
: programs there complains about and unknown escape char. How to do it?


correct is
strcpy( str, "C:\\PT" );
because "\" character in string means begin-escape-char and it allows you
putting chars like newline ("\n") and tab ("\t") into string. If you want
backslash itself, you have to use "\\".

bye
Pavel