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.