Understanding Backslash and Yen

[humble_learner]

Hi,

I have often noticed that on Windows, when I intend to type in a folder separator \ (backslash), it gets displayed as the yen symbol.

Why does this happen ? Could you please explain.

[hoxsiew]

Backslash is an flag character in C/C++ character arrays. It tells the compiler to do something special at that point in a string:

  char foo[]="Insert a tab here\t.";

To use a literal '\', just type it twice:

  char bar[]="c:\\Temp";

[_Superman_]

This happens when you install the Japanese code page and set it as the default locale.

Read more about it here -
Backslash
When is a backslash not a backslash?

[hoxsiew]

Interesting read. I was way off. Sorry. I should have noticed that with 300+ posts, the OP must surely know about backslash escapes.