6 Glossary

6.2.2266 S\" s-backslash-quote CORE EXT

Interpretation:

Interpretation semantics for this word are undefined.

Compilation:

( "ccc<quote>" -- )
Parse ccc delimited by " (double-quote), using the translation rules below. Append the run-time semantics given below to the current definition.

Translation rules:

Characters are processed one at a time and appended to the compiled string. If the character is a `\' character it is processed by parsing and substituting one or more characters as follows, where the character after the backslash is case sensitive:

`\a`	BEL	(alert,	ASCII 7)
`\b`	BS	(backspace,	ASCII 8)
`\e`	ESC	(escape,	ASCII 27)
`\f`	FF	(form feed,	ASCII 12)
`\l`	LF	(line feed,	ASCII 10)
`\m`	CR/LF	pair	(ASCII 13, 10)
`\n`	newline	(implementation dependent , e.g., CR/LF, CR, LF, LF/CR)
`\q`	double-quote		(ASCII 34)
`\r`	CR	(carriage return,	ASCII 13)
`\t`	HT	(horizontal tab,	ASCII 9)
`\v`	VT	(vertical tab,	ASCII 11)
`\z`	NUL	(no character,	ASCII 0)
`\"`	double-quote		(ASCII 34)
`\x`<hexdigit><hexdigit>
		The resulting character is the conversion of these two hexadecimal digits. An ambiguous conditions exists if `\x` is not followed by two hexadecimal characters.
`\\`	backslash itself		(ASCII 92)

An ambiguous condition exists if a \ is placed before any character, other than those defined in here.

Run-time:

( -- c-addr u )
Return c-addr and u describing a string consisting of the translation of the characters ccc. A program shall not alter the returned string.