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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How do I make my program beep.
Message-ID: <16808@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 6 Jun 90 22:30:43 GMT
References: <3472@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> <1990May27.000808.13551@utzoo.uucp> <361@necssd.NEC.COM> <3519@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> <1990Jun6.124609.7316@agate.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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In article <1990Jun6.124609.7316@agate.berkeley.edu> dankg@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Dan KoGai) writes:
>but any digit followed after '\' is treated as corresponding character.
>It can be decimal, octal, or hexadecimal

There is no decimal escape.  Just octal (up to three digits) and hex
(unlimited length).

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.ima.isc.com or harvard!ima!karl), The Walking Lint