illegal escape character

[Steve Rainbird]

Any ideas why I get the following syntax error?

illegal escape character
wsV1 = "\x1c";

 

[Hendrik Maryns]

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Steve Rainbird schreef:

Any ideas why I get the following syntax error?

illegal escape character
wsV1 = "\x1c";

"\\x1c", see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/regex.html#QUOTING

HTH, H.

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[Steve Rainbird]

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Steve Rainbird schreef:

"\\x1c", see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/regex.html#QUOTING

HTH, H.

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Hendrik,

thanks for helping but what I actually meant by this is the "hex 1c" like in
c.

I know I can have

wsV1 = "\u001c";

But my manual says I can use "\x" as well.

 

[Andy Flowers]

But my manual says I can use "\x" as well.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/literals.html. \x isn't supported in Java.

Which manual are you using ?

 

[Thomas Fritsch]

thanks for helping but what I actually meant by this is the "hex 1c" like
in c.

I know I can have

wsV1 = "\u001c";

But my manual says I can use "\x" as well.

Your manual is wrong!
See the ultimate reference at
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#3.10.6
("Escape Sequences for Character and String Literals"). You see: "\x" is not
listed as a valid escape sequence.

 

[Steve Rainbird]

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/literals.html. \x isn't supported in Java.

Which manual are you using ?

SAMS Teach yourself java 2 in 21 days.

 

[Steve Rainbird]

Your manual is wrong!
See the ultimate reference at
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#3.10.6
("Escape Sequences for Character and String Literals"). You see: "\x" is
not listed as a valid escape sequence.

So it seems. Thanks everybody at least that explains it.

 

[Mark Space]

SAMS Teach yourself java 2 in 21 days.

SAMS sux!