> On Feb 24, 2016, at 3:08 AM, Peter TB Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com> wrote:
>
> On 23/02/2016 21:59, Stephen MacLean wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Working to build a library extension and I’m getting an error on this line
>> when I go to test it in LCB:
>>
>> put "^[A-Z0-9._%+-]{1,64}@(?:[A-Z0-9-]{1,63}\.){1,125}[A-Z]{2,63}$" into
>> tRegex
>>
>> The error is:
>>
>> illegal escape in string
>> '^[A-Z0-9._%+-]{1,64}@(?:[A-Z0-9-]{1,63}\.){1,125}[A-Z]{2,63}$’
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> In LiveCode Builder, quoted strings treat the '\' character as an escape
> character. It's explained in the LiveCode Builder Language Reference guide.
>
> So, you need to replace your '\' with '\\', and everything should work nicely
> for you.
>
> Peter
>
Hi Peter,
Thanks for that, I will give it a try!
Can you explain why it’s treated that way inside a quoted string? Just curious:)
Also, can you point me to the LCB Language Reference guide? Or is that what’s
in the dictionary? I’d love to be able to dive into an actual reference!
Thanks!
Steve MacLean
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