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Escaping a string when passing through multiple tools (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] bobzrkr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had to do this yesterday. First I tried ". Then \", finally \" worked. Which doesn't make sense. But I'm not looking for answers, I've got more Jira tickets this sprint.

[–] bobzrkr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

LOL even here it gets me . I tried slash quote, slash slash slash quote, finally slash slash quote worked.

[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

You mean \", \\", and \\\" ?