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Dark GDK / Character Escape Sequence in a 'Load Object ' filename?

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Scraggle
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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 18:35 Edited at: 24th Feb 2008 19:36
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OK, bear with me. I have only started trying to get my head around C++ today.

I wrote a small bit of code that does nothing at the moment but I get these three warnings:


The line that they refer to is:


Where oShip is: #define oShip 1

The warnings are obviously refering to the first character after each backslash ... but why?

As far as I can tell that should load a dbo object but it doesn't ... what I am not doing or what am I doing that I shouldn't be?

Thanks



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Benjamin
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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 18:58
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The backslash is used for escape sequences (such as \n = newline, \t = tab, etc). Either use two backslashes together or use forward slashes.

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GTmauf
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Ok, I can only give a hint in the right direction about your problem.

When you put:


The "\"'s after a beginning " escape you from that string literal in the case you need to do something to the end of that string. So for instance \n is an escape sequence used to "end the line."

Now i'm not sure exactly how to handle it in C++ but in C# for example you would have to do something like this



In C++ you may have to do something differently though. Sorry if that was confusing, I hope it helped you understand where your problem lies
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kBessa
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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 18:58 Edited at: 24th Feb 2008 18:59
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In C++ the backslash means a escape caracter on the string, like n means a newline, t means a tab, etc.

Just add a second backslash, like this: \
And you'll be fine!

[edit]Posted at the same time as Benjamin... [/edit]
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Scraggle
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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 19:36
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Three simultaneous posts!

Thanks guys!



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jason p sage
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Wow... 3 Simultaneous posts - a Record I bet!

I personally use forward slash - you only need ONE - and YES it works in windows.


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kBessa
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I don't know if VC++ supports it, but in VC# I always put a @ before my string, like: @"c:\MyGame\MyMedia\MyImage.jpg" and it ignores escape sequences
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