Thanks Bob.
I was already replacing \ with \\ in the expected string, but, as you say a
second escape is necessary. The student-generated string comes from JSME,
so Otis's tactic is a good solution in that case.
Mike
Dr Mike Casey
School of Chemistry
UCD
Dublin
01 716 2420
On 6 May 2016 at 17:55, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote:
> Ah, yes. Escaping those back-slashes may be the issue.
>
> $ load $2-butene
> C4H8
>
> $ print {*}.find("SMILES","C/C=C/C")
> ({0:11})
> $ print {*}.find("SMILES","C/C=C\C")
> ({0:11})
> $ print {*}.find("SMILES","C/C=C\\C")
> ({})
>
> So, you see, the real problem is that we are not getting an error message
> from that second version. I will see if I can get that happening, although
> in this particular mode, what will probably be returned is an empty atom
> set, not a string error.
>
> Note that if doing this in JavaScript, you probably have to escape
> TWICE:
>
> Jmol.evaluateVar(jmolApplet0, "{*}.find('SMILES','C/C=C\\\\C')")
>
> *Array [ ]*
>
>
> because it has to go through two stages of conversion.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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