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Subject: parsing the backslash character
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Date: 4 Sep 90 15:27:00 GMT
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I am trying to parse a string which is a DOS path name.  I cannot pull
out the directory separators ("\") because ICON recognizes them as an
escape sequence, if it is valid, or just returns the character that
follows the backslash.  Can anyone offer any sug- gestions.



Michael Yankowski Dockmaster.ARPA