So we know you can use characters like so "\224"

So if i wanted to write that out in a textbox that the user controls, then take that string to add that character, how would i?

It seems to refuse "/" because it is a special character (ie appears replaced by the appropriate character)

so "\" + "224"
would not work because it wont accept "\" on its own?

any ideas?

You would have to do the conversion yourself, e.g.

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function convert(text) {
  return text.replace(/\\([\d]+)/, function (match) {
    return String.fromCharCode(match.substr(1));
  }); 
}

This would convert a backslash followed by any numbers to the corresponding ASCII character, so convert("\\65") in JS (typed in your game that would be "\65") results in "A".

thanking you

@casiotone: That should probably be /\\(\d+)/g. You don't need the brackets around the \d and you need /g to replace all.

EDIT - thanks Radnen... not sure how I didn't notice that

Alpha: you mean @casiotone the other admin.

Alpha: you mean @casiotone the other admin.

Haha, thanks. I just saw the orange letters and assumed NEO.

I keep hitting modify instead of quote. I hate being an admin.

That should probably be /\\(\d+)/g. You don't need the brackets around the \d and you need /g to replace all.

whoops, yes. When I was writing it I was going to use the match group but substr on the full match was easier.

Who was casiotone on the old forums? I don't remember him.

Who was casiotone on the old forums? I don't remember him.

What reason do you have for keeping quiet?

I keep hitting modify instead of quote. I hate being an admin.

Ha, tell me about it, I made the same mistake too, luckily I never committed any of those modified messages.

Who was casiotone on the old forums? I don't remember him.

What reason do you have for keeping quiet?

I'm sure he has his reasons. :/