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Set the escape character for text strings

Synopsis

plsesc(esc)

Description

Set the escape character for text strings.  From C (in contrast to Fortran, see plsescfortran(3plplot)) you pass esc as a character. Only selected characters are allowed to prevent the user from shooting himself in the foot (For example, a  isn't allowed since it conflicts with C's use of backslash as a character escape).  Here are the allowed escape characters and their corresponding decimal ASCII values: !, ASCII 33 #, ASCII 35 $, ASCII 36 %, ASCII 37 &, ASCII 38 *, ASCII 42 @, ASCII 64 ^, ASCII 94 ~, ASCII 126

Redacted form: General: plsesc(esc)

This function is used in example 29.

Arguments

esc (char, input)

Escape character.

Authors

Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.org/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history.

See Also

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.org/documentation.php.

Info

March, 2024 PLplot API