Syntax Error

[Walter D Vaughan Jr]

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> bounces+wvaughan=steelerubber.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of
> SmittyUSN1
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 12:14 PM
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> Subject: Syntax Error
> 
> OK, I give up .... it's got to be Moanday,  one of you genius's must know
how
> to fix this.
> 
> I need to assign this value  "C:\users\xxxxxxx\temp\"   to a real field.
I
> tried to assign same in input.prc   This generates a syntax error pointing
> to the last backslash after \temp\,  removing the last backslash the
syntax
> error goes away.
[Walter D Vaughan Jr] 
Can't believe I just got back from lunch and you didn't have 20 answers.

The "\" character is an escape character

There are about 20 ways to solve this.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> FP 5.0.14   Windows 7
> 
> Wayne Smith
> Port Orange, Florida
> 
> 
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