Re: stringWithString question

[Sherm Pendley]

Rob Burns <foobix@comcast.net> writes:

> NSString str = [NSString stringWithString: @"\10, 11, 12, 13"];

Shouldn't that be:

NSString *str ...
         ^

> If I have that line of code, the first character of str will be a
> comma. if I add another backslash at the beginning, the first
> character of str will be a backslash. I would expect that behaviour
> for stringWithFormat: But, should escaping the backslash be necessary
> when using stringWithString?

Yes, since constant strings can contain escapes such as "\t" (tab).

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