# OPTION ESCAPE

OPTION ESCAPE.

This enables ESCAPE sequences in strings and must be used in any program where you want to use them.
You will be able to also use it at the command prompt but like OPTION EXPLICIT it will be disabled again by the RUN command and so will need to be included in the program.
This change will ensure that the new functionality won't break any existing programs.

ESCAPE sequence Hex value in ASCII Character represented
\a 07 Alert (Beep, Bell)
\b 08 Backspace
\e 1B ESCAPE character
\f 0C Formfeed Page Break
\n 0A Newline (Line Feed); see notes below
\r 0D Carriage Return
\q 22 Quote symbol
\t 09 Horizontal Tab
\v 0B Vertical Tab
\\ 5C Backslash
\nnn any The byte whose numerical value is given by nnn interpreted as a decimal number
\xhh any The byte whose numerical value is given by hh… interpreted as a hexadecimal number

Last edited: 04 October, 2023