asked on 5/14/2011

How to insert "\\" in vc6 in c:\abc\def\aaa.bmp

Hi,

How can I insert "\\" in my absolute path?

Thanks

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Janusz Czopowik

5/14/2011

Todd Gerbert

5/14/2011

Do you mean how to insert back-slashes in a string literal? Just put two consecutive back slashes each place in the string you want one.

char path[] = "C:\\abc\\def\\aaa.bmp";

Or...

char path[] = "\\\\server\\sharedFolder\\aaa.bmp";

titanium0203

5/14/2011

ASKER

Hi,

currently my apps return with a single back slash, is there any function
that can automatically conver it to double back slash.

thanks

magadesign_sviluppo

5/14/2011

ie your apps you mean that return value is string, than don't need nothing.
should work perfectly
char path[] = "C:\\abc\\def\\aaa.bmp";
is needed just wen you write in the code to convert it to string, but once converted that become
C:\abc\def\aaa.bmp
and no changes needed

but you can do that if you want be replacing
string x = "C:\abc\def\aaa.bmp";
string _new = x.Replace("\\","\\\\");

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Todd Gerbert

5/14/2011

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Janusz Czopowik

5/14/2011

All the reason for a double backslash is that backlash serves as an escape character in C/C++.
It enables inserting special (control) characters into a string literal. For example: \n means line feed \r is a carriage return, \t is a tab.
Therefore if you want backslash to be interpreted as backslash you have to use two: escape (\) and real (\) ending up with \\.

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