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From: Petah
Subject: i donno where to ask this so i just put it in general
Date: 28 Sep 2004 11:05:00
Message: <web.41597cf852e49ddc2c65fa3d0@news.povray.org>

i get this error when using forester and arboretum to genorate pov files and
im just wondering if any one know how to fix it
#declare ARB_Tree01_Folder = "C:Program
FilesForesterLibrariestreesarb_tree01\"
Parse ERROR: illegal escape sequence in string

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From: Christoph Hormann
Subject: Re: i donno where to ask this so i just put it in general
Date: 28 Sep 2004 11:20:02
Message: <cjbva1$2u1$1@chho.imagico.de>

Petah wrote:
> i get this error when using forester and arboretum to genorate pov files and
> im just wondering if any one know how to fix it
> #declare ARB_Tree01_Folder = "C:Program
> FilesForesterLibrariestreesarb_tree01\"
> Parse ERROR: illegal escape sequence in string

The reason is there are illegal escape sequences in the string and 
that's what the error message says.  Remove them and it will work fine. 
   See the manual, section 3.2.1.7.1 for how to correctly use the 
backslash in a string.

Christoph

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