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Re: small init.m problem

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  • Subject: [mg84529] Re: small init.m problem
  • From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 06:56:32 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <flc83b$81a$1@smc.vnet.net> <flfa5f$a67$1@smc.vnet.net>

Jerry wrote:
> Thanks to you both for pointing out my problem. I thought it 
> had failed with two slashes at both places. Now I'll try to 
> figure out why two slashes are needed at all.

The \ character has a special function.  It is used in conjunction with 
other characters to denote some non-printable chars, e.g. "\t" is a tab, 
"\n" is a newline, etc.  To use \ itself in a string, enter "\\".

-- 
Szabolcs


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