[chuck-users] escaped backslash in string

[Joel Matthys]

OK, I solved it. This fails:

"\\hello" => xmit.addString;

but this works:

"\\hello" => string foo;
foo => xmit.addString;

I guess the addString method doesn't have fully recognize escape characters?

Joel

On 03/08/2013 03:44 PM, Joel Matthys wrote:
> Hi all. I'm working on a project that requires me to send a backslash 
> character via OSC.
>
> This construct is typical of C family languages:
>
> "\\hello"  -------> prints: \hello
>
> but ChucK doesn't seem to let me escape a backslash. Instead I get 
> [unrecognized escape sequence: '\h'].
>
> Same when I try to use octal: "\134hello"
>
> Setting aside the crazy fact that I have to send a backslash over OSC 
> (it's for Guido music notation in InScore), does anyone know how to 
> get a backslash in a ChucK string?
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
>
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