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Re: st: sjlog with variable names containing underscores
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Maarten buis <[email protected]>
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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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