[antlr-interest] How to Match a Double-Quote Character

[Raphael Reitzig]

Hi Mike!

You generate Java code (?). In Java, you need to escape ".

Regards

Raphael

"titech at metaorb.com" <titech at metaorb.com> wrote (Fri Aug  8 21:51:21 2008):

> Johannes,
>
> Thanks!
>
> I very nearly replied with "nope,
> didn't work", but then I realized that the period might be part of the
> rule (not just the end of your sentence).  I tried it and, sure enough,
> it worked!
>
> But why?  Doesn't this say you want to match a
> double-quote followed by any character?  And why the \ before the
> double-quote--lots of examples show the double quote within single
> quotes (no \)?
>
> Regards,
> --Mike
>
>
>
>>> Try '\"'.
>



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