From: "Deadline" <No AT notright DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: error : unknown escape sequence
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 15:52:44 -0000
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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
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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);
>
>
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.