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Re: st: sjlog with variable names containing underscores


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: sjlog with variable names containing underscores
Date   Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:44:42 +0000 (GMT)

--- On Sun, 14/11/10, Venable wrote:
> Why is the argument of to() "\BS_" rather than "\_"?

Because the "\" character insde -filefilter- is used
to indicate the beginning of a special character that 
cannot be typed directly (like "\" for this rather 
recursive reason...). So if you want to get a "\" you
need to type "\BS".

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany

http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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