Hello folks!
For visitors to topic.
The backslash \ is an escape character and not the only one!
Issues with it come up and it is worthy of adding to a checklist when coding or otherwise!
Adding some related references to the topic.
References:
- String / Reference / Processing.org
- Escape character - Wikipedia
- Escape sequence - Wikipedia
- Markup language - Wikipedia
- Backslash vs Forward Slash: Key Differences in Grammar and File Paths – WP Maintenance
It comes up in topics and worth putting on a checklist:
- Having problems with split for directories - #15 by glv
- JavaFX GIF Player Discussion - #7 by glv
- Processing 3 Escaping Regex Characters - #2 by glv
- Can I use part of Processing source code in my code? - #12 by Architector_4
From the last link above this is a screen grab (image):
This is what happens to the text when you quote it and paste it:
Same thing happened to me!
:)