Matching Control Characters

[bowman]

Greg Lindstrom wrote:

> 
> Thank-you.  That does the trick!  If you would be so kind, where does one
> look up the escape values for control sequences?  As they say: Build a man
> a
> fire and he's warm for a day.  Set a man on fire and he's warm for the
> rest of his life.


If you are on a *nix box, try 'man ascii'. The applicable part is:

 
       C program '\X' escapes are noted.

       Oct   Dec   Hex   Char           Oct   Dec   Hex   Char
       ------------------------------------------------------------
       000   0     00    NUL '\0'       100   64    40    @
       001   1     01    SOH            101   65    41    A
       002   2     02    STX            102   66    42    B
       003   3     03    ETX            103   67    43    C
       004   4     04    EOT            104   68    44    D
       005   5     05    ENQ            105   69    45    E
       006   6     06    ACK            106   70    46    F
       007   7     07    BEL '\a'       107   71    47    G
       010   8     08    BS  '\b'       110   72    48    H
       011   9     09    HT  '\t'       111   73    49    I
       012   10    0A    LF  '\n'       112   74    4A    J
       013   11    0B    VT  '\v'       113   75    4B    K
       014   12    0C    FF  '\f'       114   76    4C    L
       015   13    0D    CR  '\r'       115   77    4D    M
       016   14    0E    SO             116   78    4E    N
       017   15    0F    SI             117   79    4F    O
       020   16    10    DLE            120   80    50    P
       021   17    11    DC1            121   81    51    Q
       022   18    12    DC2            122   82    52    R
       023   19    13    DC3            123   83    53    S
       024   20    14    DC4            124   84    54    T
       025   21    15    NAK            125   85    55    U
       026   22    16    SYN            126   86    56    V
       027   23    17    ETB            127   87    57    W
       030   24    18    CAN            130   88    58    X
       031   25    19    EM             131   89    59    Y
       032   26    1A    SUB            132   90    5A    Z
       033   27    1B    ESC            133   91    5B    [
       034   28    1C    FS             134   92    5C    \   '\\'
       035   29    1D    GS             135   93    5D    ]
       036   30    1E    RS             136   94    5E    ^
       037   31    1F    US             137   95    5F    _
       040   32    20    SPACE          140   96    60    `