From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: error : unknown escape sequence
Date: 6 Mar 2001 15:38:32 GMT
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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);


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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