Re: [DG-SCRIPTS] variable prob

From: Chris Jacobson (fear@ATHENET.NET)
Date: 03/19/98


On 3/19/98 11:53 PM, Jon Barrett (mixtli@SINFO.NET) stated:

>fills the variable with the UID_CHAR which is '\\e' and then with the
>playes id_num.  But when I watch the variable at runtime it is actually
>'e1'.  Where did the '\' go?  I thought it could be because of the %c in
>the above sprintf, or maybe it is compikler specific.
>Anyway, in the next check from get_char(), which is called from
>find_replacement():
>
>if (*name == UID_CHAR)
>
>It is looking for that '\e' which is the UID_CHAR.  Since the '\' is
>missing the check is always false and a null is always returned.

No, your misinterpretting it.

It is looking for '\e', or ascii value 5 (cntrl-e), NOT "\\e" which would
be read as \e.  \ is an escape sequence.

- Chris Jacobson


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