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How to Search for Special Characters

Article ID: 117746

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2003

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

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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