'\' is the called the escape character in c/c++ - this means that it has
special meaning within a string literal - for instance '\n' = newline
character so "Fergal\nMoran" would actually be
"Fergal
Moran" - Get it?
However - if a character that we wish to put into a string is a special
character like \ or ? we "escape it" by putting \ in front of it - therefore
if we wanted the string "Here is a slash - \" we would have to write "Here
is a slash - \\"
Therefore ? within a string is represented as \? to tell us that we REALLY
mean ? and not the escape sequence ? .. - Get it?
Fergal....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.V.BADARI NARAYANA MURTHY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 04 December 2000 20:19
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Storing "?" into a Char*
>
>
> hai all
>
> I want to store "?" into a Char*. if i give like this
>
> Char* temp;
> temp="?";
>
> it will store "\?". why its adding \ before ?. how to
> store only "?". if
> any one have idea regarding this, please help me.
>
>
> bye
>
> Murthy
>
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