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Tcl_Backslash(3)                           Tcl Library Procedures                           Tcl_Backslash(3)



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NAME
       Tcl_Backslash - parse a backslash sequence

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       char
       Tcl_Backslash(src, countPtr)

ARGUMENTS
       char   *src        (in)      Pointer to a string starting with a backslash.

       int    *countPtr   (out)     If  countPtr isn't NULL, *countPtr gets filled in with number of charac-ters characters
                                    ters in the backslash sequence, including the backslash character.
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DESCRIPTION
       The use of Tcl_Backslash is deprecated in favor of Tcl_UtfBackslash.                                  |

       This is a utility procedure provided  for  backwards  compatibility  with  non-internationalized  Tcl |
       extensions.   It parses a backslash sequence and returns the low byte of the Unicode character corre- |
       sponding to the sequence.  Tcl_Backslash modifies *countPtr to contain the number  of  characters  in
       the backslash sequence.

       See  the  Tcl  manual  entry  for information on the valid backslash sequences.  All of the sequences
       described in the Tcl manual entry are supported by Tcl_Backslash.

SEE ALSO                                                                                                     |
       Tcl(n), Tcl_UtfBackslash(3)


KEYWORDS
       backslash, parse



Tcl                                                  8.1                                    Tcl_Backslash(3)