\f in string

[Bobo]

How do use escape f ( the "\f"--the form feed thing)?

[jbot]

How do use escape f ( the "\f"--the form feed thing)?


... "\\f" ;)

[Bobo]

Yeah... but how in the diddlly do you tell the computer what the \f or \\f is supposed to mean? All I know is that it is for a form feed... but how do you tell it which? :confused:

[jbot]

how do you tell it which?

it should know from the context. if you set the value of a textarea to "something happened on the way to \fwork today", it would put a formfeed char in at the "\f". if, however, you escaped that, it would ignore it, seeing it as plain text and would literally include the string "\f".

that's the theory anyway ... give it a go!

[Bobo]

Got it! Thanks!! :D