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- .so man.macros
- .HS Tcl_Backslash tclc
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- Tcl_Backslash \- parse a backslash sequence
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <tcl.h>\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
-