ESCAPE - character escape sequences.

Description:

The following escape sequences are permitted inside string or character constants:

\f	form feed (octal 014)
\n	new-line (octal 012)
\r	carriage return (octal 015)
\t	tab (octal 011)
\\	backslash (\)
\e	ASCII null (octal 000)
\'	single quote (')
\"	double quote (")
\ooo	arbitrary byte of 1-3 octal digits
	e.g. '\0' is ASCII null (octal 000)

In addition, you can use a backslash followed by a new-line to continue a string constant over more than one line. In this case, both backslash and new-line are thrown away, since you are expected to use '\n' when you really do want a new-line in a string. Otherwise, it is an error to have an unescaped new-line in a string.

The default escape character is back slash "\". This may be changed with the "Escape=" option. String escapes may be entirely suppressed with the "Escape=" option.

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