\002\\002 not work

Sydneybabe · Post by **Sydneybabe** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:30 am

hi can i ask if there's a way \002\\002 = \ work because it's not workin' only \002/\002 work = / ... thanks in advance

zigana · Post by **zigana** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:59 am

Try \002\\\002

Sydneybabe · Post by **Sydneybabe** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:38 am

thanks zigana for the help working now

zigana · Post by **zigana** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:43 am

You're welcome.

I did mean to explain why as well but I must have backstepped too much.

As the "\" character is a special character it must be escaped to enable it as plain text.
The same applies to other special chars, such as "$" or "[", you must use "\$" and "\[" to pass them as plain text.