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Reference - Escape

Returns TextIn after replacing the Placeholders in it with special characters.

Syntax: TextOut = Escape(TextIn[, Param1[, Param2[, ...]]])

Part	Description
TextIn	Required unchanged text that contains Placeholders like \|n and \|1.
Param1, Param2, ...	Optional unchanged variants that replace the Placeholders from \|1 through \|9. The variants get changed into text. Note that if TextIn contains \|10, Param1 replaces just the \|1 part and the zero remains in the result.

Placeholder	Replacement
\|0 (zero)	Null Character	vbNullChar	Chr$(0)
\|b or \|B	Backspace	vbBack	Chr$(8)
\|f or \|F	Form Feed	vbFormFeed	Chr$(12)
\|l or \|L	Line Feed	vbLf	Chr$(10)
\|n or \|N	New Line	vbCrLf	Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)
\|r or \|R	Carriage Return	vbCr	Chr$(13)
\|t or \|T	Tab	vbTab	Chr$(9)
\|v or \|V	Vertical Tab	vbVerticalTab	Chr$(11)
\|\| (2 pipes)	One Pipe	"\|"
\|1 to \|9	Param1 to Param9

Remarks
Remotely similar to the printf function in C. Placeholders are all two characters. The first character is always the pipe or vertical bar (|). The case of the second character does not matter. If the character following the pipe is not recognized as a placeholder, then the two characters are removed. This effect is intended to discourage using unassigned placeholders since more assignments might get added in the future. If you want a pipe to show up in the result, use two pipes in a row (||). If the placeholder refers to a parameter that does not exist, an error occurs.

Note: This function is called by LoadRequest in VbWeb.Bas.

Examples
The following causes an error since no optional parameters are passed. Escape("9th value is |9.") The following two examples pop up True. If Escape("Home || Tips") = "Home | Tips" Then MsgBox "True" End If OldWay = "Sure?" & vbCrLf & "YES" & vbTab _ & "Do it" & vbCrLf & "NO" & vbTab & "Stop" NewWay = Escape("Sure?|nYES|tDo it|nNO|tStop") If OldWay = NewWay then MsgBox "True"