.so tmac.ilib
.TH ESCAPE 2 "The University of Arizona \- 8/17/84"
.SH NAME
escape \- interpret Icon literal string
.SH DESCRIPTION
The procedure \*Mescape(s)\fR produces a string in which Icon
quoted literal escape conventions in \*Ms\fR are replaced by the corresponding
characters.
.SH LIMITATIONS
Octal and hexadecimal literal specifications cannot be abbreviated by
omitting leading zeros.
.SH SEE ALSO
.Ib
p. 232.
.SH AUTHOR
William H. Mitchell