> On Feb 24, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Peter TB Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com> wrote: > > On 24/02/2016 12:26, Stephen MacLean wrote: >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> In LiveCode Builder, quoted strings treat the '\' character as an escape >>> character. It's explained in the LiveCode Builder Language Reference guide. >>> >>> So, you need to replace your '\' with '\\', and everything should work >>> nicely for you. > > >> Thanks for that, I will give it a try! >> >> Can you explain why it’s treated that way inside a quoted string? Just >> curious:) > > While we were designing LiveCode Builder, we wanted to make it easier to > create string literals with *any* character in them, including the quote > character, control characters, and non-native characters. > > This requires the use of some sort of "escape character" to indicate the > start of special sequences. We could have come up with our own, > LiveCode-specific one, but most programming languages use "\" so that's what > we went with. There didn't seem to be much to gain by being different for > the sake of being different. > > This does make writing complex string literals quite a bit easier. For > example, in LiveCode builder you can write: > > put "\"Come to the pub for a beer,\" she said.\n" into tVar > > rather than the LiveCode Script equivalent: > > put quote & "Come to the pub for a beer," & quote && "she said." & return > into tVar > >> Also, can you point me to the LCB Language Reference guide? Or is that >> what’s in the dictionary? I’d love to be able to dive into an actual >> reference! > > 1. Open the 8.0.0-dp-15 IDE > > 2. Open the dictionary > > 3. Switch to the "Guides" tab > > 4. Select "LiveCode Builder Language Reference" from the menu. > > There's also a "LiveCode Builder" API reference in the dictionary. > > Peter >
Thanks so much for the explanation and pointer!! Steve _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
