Interstage Shunsaku Data Manager Application Development Guide - Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000/ Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003 - - UNIX -

B.3.3 Escape Characters

To specify the following characters in pattern and strings, precede them with the escape character "\".

For example, if the search target string is to be 'abc\', then specify 'abc\\',

The following table shows the characters that require the escape character "\".

[Table B-4 Characters that must be preceded by the Escape Character]

Character	Specification method	Character	Specification method
"	\"	.	\.
$	\$	?	\?
&	\&	[	\[
'	\'	\	\\
(	\(	]	\]
)	\)	^	\^
*	\*	{	\{
+	\+	|	\|
,	\,	}	\}
-	\-	~	\~