Re: escpape characters

[W. L. Estes]

On Tuesday, 26 November 2002,22:15 -0500, Bernd Prager wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to parse a string where special characters
> are used as delimiters but they can also appear 
> within the single items when an escape sequence
> is used. So ':' is a delimiter, '\:' is not.
> I tried to describe that in flex but failed ;-/
> Can anybody give me a hand here?

Use start conditions. The problem is that you need a different scanner
for your delimited strings. See the manual for details.

Thanks,

--Will