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 +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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