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Fix innacuracy in how string constants are described.

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Dianne Skoll
2022-09-23 08:32:12 -04:00
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@@ -1938,12 +1938,14 @@ The following examples illustrate constants in \fBRemind\fR expressions:
12, 36, \-10, 0, 1209
.TP
.B STRING constants
"Hello there", "This is a test", "\\n\\gosd\\w", ""
"Hello there", "This is a test", "\\nHello\\tThere", ""
.PP
.RS
Note that the empty string is represented by "", and that
backslashes in a string are \fInot\fR interpreted specially, as in they are
in C.
Note that the empty string is represented by "". Remind supports
the escape sequences "\\a", "\\b", "\\f", "\\n", "\\r", "\\t"
and "\\v" which have the same meanings as their counterparts in C.
To include a quote in a string, use "\\"". Any other character
preceded by a backslash is inserted into the string as-is.
.RE
.TP
.B TIME constants