Escape Sequences

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• Last revised: 2017-10-01

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Escape sequences can be used in string literals by using the operator ! .

Usage

result = !"text"

Description

The accepted escape sequences in text are:

\a	beep
\b	backspace
\f	formfeed
\l or \n	newline
\r	carriage return
\t	tab
\unnnn	unicode char in hex
\v	vertical tab
\nnn	ascii char in decimal
&hnn	ascii char in hex
&onnn	ascii char in octal
&bnnnnnnnn	ascii char in binary
\	backslash
"	double quote
'	single quote

Note: The zero-character (\000 = &h00 = &o000 = &b00000000) is the null terminator. Only characters before the first null terminator can be seen when the literal is used as a String. To get a zero character in a string use Chr(0) instead.

See also

• Operator ! (Escaped String)
• Operator $ (Non-Escaped String)
• Option Escape
• String
• Chr
• Literals

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