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# How to Search for Special Characters

Article ID: 117746

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 2.5c for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q117746

## SUMMARY

To search for special characters in the Find dialog box, use these character representations:

       \r      ENTER (carriage return)
       \t      Tab
       \\      Backslash
       \n      New line (linefeed)

## REFERENCES

FoxPro FOXHELP.HLP online Help file, "Find Dialog" jump text, under the "Interface A-Z" topic
FoxPro FOXHELP.DBF online Help file, "Find" topic, under "The FoxPro Interface" section

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxMac FoxDos FoxWin format codes newline line feed cr lf back slash backwards akz

Keywords: KB117746