Thread: Defining File Paths

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    Defining File Paths

    Is it valid to have something like

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    #define "C:\Program Files\Something
    Or would it treat the \P like a \n or \t?

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    Yes '\P' would be treated specially, use \\

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    Code:
    #define "C:\\Program Files\\Something

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    Thanks alot.

    So I need "C:\\Program Files..."?

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    Yes...

    or "C:/Program Files..." would also work, since Windows can handle backslashes as well as forward slashes.

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