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Causes the following character to be treated literally, or as a hex code in a character string; indicates continuation of a command on the subsequent line.
Syntax #1
Causes the character that follows it in a string to be treated literally.
\charParameters
| char | any single character that is to be treated literally in a character string |
Syntax #2
Causes certain characters that follow it in a string to be treated as hexadecimal code.
\char1char2Parameters
| char1 | either digits from 0 to 9, or letters from A (a) to F ( f), that together comprise a hexadecimal character code |
| char2 | either digits from 0 to 9, or letters from A (a) to F ( f), that together comprise a hexadecimal character code |
Syntax #3
Indicates the continuation of a command onto a subsequent line.
commandstart \ remainder
Parameters
| commandstart | any portion, from the beginning, of one command |
| remainder | the remaining portion(s) of the same command |
Comments
In a character string, the escape operator causes the next character to be treated literally or as a hex code. Outside of a character string, it indicates that a command continues on the next line.
Example
"This is a quote (\"); this is a backslash (\\)"
output "\0F"
let x = 10 \
y = 5 \
z = 2See Also
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