On 11/5/01 5:02 PM, "Tim Chamberlain" <tchamberlain@sportingnews.com> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I have a quick question about escaping characters. In a template I am
> trying to output #. If I simply type #, nothing is printed out.
A # should be printed out. What version of velocity are you using?
> The
> manual talks about escaping $ with \$ but I did not see escaping the
> pound sign anywhere. I tried the same technique with # (ie \#), but \
> was printed out instead of the # I was expecting. Is it possible to
> escape the pound character?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tim
You only need to escape #<token> when <token> is a valid directive, like
\#set
Similarly, only need to escape $<foo> when <foo> is something that has a
value in the context.
Otherwise, all other cases should render 'as is'.
Geir
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