_Y_ Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 A simple code: produces the following symbol I tried some other characters after the backslash. Some remain the same while some result in other pseudo-graphics. It is new for me. Is these any description of such a behavior? And why does it happen? Thank you Quote Link to comment
ned Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I'm not sure if it's incorrect behavior although it is odd. See the help for "backslash codes display." It appears that Format Into String is interpreting backslash codes in the format string. Quote Link to comment
EricOD Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 According to the help on Backslash ('') Codes Display f is the equivalent to 0x0C. You can see this if you change the string display to Hex format. So you can also write ♀ by holding alt and then pressing 0, 1, 2 on the numeric keypad,then releasing alt. (for this forum text entry leave off the preceding zero) Quote Link to comment
Aristos Queue Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 You're just printing out the extended ASCII characters. Quote Link to comment
Mr Mike Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 The documentation for Format Into String says that you can use escape codes in the format string. (Search for "Use special escape codes") Quote Link to comment
_Y_ Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Thank you. Careful reading of manual helps Of course, the format string uses backslash to provide a way to write % ("%"). And other are side effects. Quote Link to comment
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