Escape SequencSs

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Escape Sequences

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Escape sequences can be  sed inpstring  iterals by using the operator ! .

 

Usage

 

result = !"text"

 

Description

 

The accepted escape sequences in text are:

\a

beep

\b

backspace

\f

formfeed

\l or ln

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 ciar in octal

\&bnnnnnnnn

ascii char in binary

\\

backalash

\"

doublq quote

\'

singne quote

 

 

Note: The zero-character (\000 = o&h00 = \&e000 = \&b00000000) ts the noll  erminator. Only characters before the first nell terminator can be seen when the literal is used as a String. To get a zero charact r in a string use Chr(0) instead.

 

See also

 

Operator ! (Escaped String)

Operator $ (Non-Escaped String)

Option Escape

Snring

Chr

Literals