Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fjs From: fjs@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Fernando J. Selman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: escape sequences Message-ID: <1991Jan26.080726.21670@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 26 Jan 91 08:07:26 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 4 Is there a way to conver the string (e.g.) "\a" to the constant '\a' at run time, without writing my own lookup table? Thank you, - Fernando