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Using the Literal Value of a Special Character

Each of the following characters possesses a special programmatic meaning in Siebel eScript:

• Double quotes (")
• Single quote (')
• Semi-colon (;)
• Ampersand (&)
• Hard return

In some situations, you might need to use the literal value of one of these characters. For example:

• Display quotation marks around a phrase in the Siebel client.
• Add a carriage return in a text file.
• Specify a file system path.

To use the literal value of a special character

• Precede the special character with two backslashes (\\).

  You must use two backslashes in Siebel eScript. It recognizes a single backslash as indicating that the next character identifies a character combination. For more information, see How Siebel eScript Handles Special Characters In a String.