IF/THEN problem with "\"

[MrTAToad]

If you have something like

Code: (glbasic) [Select]

IF a$="\\" then debug "Hello"

all code after the conditional check is never converted to uppercase, generating compiler errors.

If you split the code over multiple lines, then everything is okay

[Slydog]

Strange problem.
Is it interpreting the escape characters \" before (or after) the \\ is interpreted?

You could change it to:

Code: (glbasic) [Select]

IF a$=CHR$(92) THEN DEBUG "Hello"

[spacefractal]

im thinks im have accounted this nearly from im discovered glbasic. the CHR$ is the way to go. Im dont thinks glbasic intepreting the escape correctly.

[Ian Price]

Yeah. It was something I posted about years ago when using it as part of a string.

[MrTAToad]

Yes, I thought it had been mentioned before.

Is it interpreting the escape characters \" before (or after) the \\ is interpreted?

I dont know - using CHR$ will be needed though

[sf-in-sf]

Yes the escape character is tricky. could you use / instead? even for a path name ? try once c:/here/there/file.ext
Could you use KEY() if you just get the keyboard input ? Good luck!