Escape sequence

[Kaushalya]

Hi all,
i'm reading a file path from a serevr & going to read the contents in that file.
i created a ifstream object.but the problem is if the file path is c:\txt.txt,it doesn't read it as a file path.it reads \t as the tab.Is there any way to avoid this.In c# we can use @ sign.i thought of inserting one more dash manually.but it get complex if the file path contain many single dashes.
Highly appreciate all your great ideas.
Regards

[Narue]

The only way is to escape the backslash. C++ doesn't support verbatim strings like C#.

[chiwawa10]

For your information, the escape character in C++ is the backslash. Hence, if you want a backslash, you need to add another backslash in front of it. (E.g. \\ will give you a backslash)