C++ string literal question

[Houman]

hello there;

I had a question regarding strings in C++, I have to write some perl code from my C++ program and I was wondering if there is a way to print literal strings in C++ withoug having to escape every single special character,

in Perl this is possible by using single quotes, so i could some something like this:


print 'hi there %im a "special#% & character'

but in C I have to do somethign like this:


printf(" special character \% and \" and \#")

is there any equivalent of single quotes in C/C++?

regards

Houman

[archivator]

There are single quotes in C but they mean something completely different. Single quotes in C are used to indicate a single character. For example, while "a" is actually two characters (an 'a' and a zero byte), 'a' is a single character.

And no, there is no workaround around escaping special characters. Get used to it.

[LaRoza]

printf(" special character \% and \" and \#")




printf("%s","special character % and \" and #")

Sorry, the "\"" is unavoidable for a literal.

[Houman]

thank you for replies,
oh well i guess i have to escape them :(

thanks