Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ames!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: escape sequences Message-ID: <14997@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 28 Jan 91 05:02:10 GMT References: <1991Jan26.080726.21670@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <14992@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Jan27.053717.4772@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 5 In article <1991Jan27.053717.4772@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au> exnirad@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Nirad Sharma) writes: >>way to convert a string such as "\\a" to the character '\a'. >What about sprintf ? Bzzzt! Nope, but thanks for playing.