From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: what about the "\"
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:36:24 -0500
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To: Ole Winther <owsim AT emma DOT ruc DOT dk>
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Ole Winther wrote:
> 
> Well some small problems
> 
> I where trying this.
> 
> char* str;
> str = new char[5];
> strcpy( str, "C:\PT" );
> 
> and printing this gives ( C:PT  ), the "\" is stripped. when compiling the
> programs there complains about and unknown escape char. How to do it?

several other people have indicated the solution to your direct
question. however, there is another problem with this code. you str does
not have enough room to contain both "C:\\PT" and the end of string
marker '\0'.

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