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.TH Tcl_Backslash 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"

.BS

.SH NAME

Tcl_Backslash \- parse a backslash sequence

.SH SYNOPSIS

.nf

\fB#include \fR

.sp

char

\fBTcl_Backslash\fR(\fIsrc, countPtr\fR)

.SH ARGUMENTS

.AS char *countPtr

.AP char *src in

Pointer to a string starting with a backslash.

.AP int *countPtr out

If \fIcountPtr\fR isn't NULL, \fI*countPtr\fR gets filled

in with number of characters in the backslash sequence, including

the backslash character.

.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

This is a utility procedure used by several of the Tcl

commands.  It parses a backslash sequence and returns

the single character corresponding to the sequence.

\fBTcl_Backslash\fR modifies \fI*countPtr\fR to contain the number

of characters in the backslash sequence.

.PP

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 \fBTcl_Backslash\fR.

.SH KEYWORDS

backslash, parse