Setting the escape character (sys.EscChar)¶
sys.EscChar,,a1 |
Escape character |
Used to redefine the escape character that indicates a special character to the get[field] # and put[field] # commands, or any routines which parse text. The default escape character is ‘\’.
The special characters recognised by get[field] # and put[field] # are as follows:
\n |
newline |
\t |
tab |
\$nn |
character with hex value nn |
\\ |
the escape character itself |
Note
If sys.EscChar is set to “”, the default escape character is ignored altogether.
EXAMPLE
sys.EscChar = "@"