backslashed
- 1Simple past and past participle of backslash.
The script backslashed each special character before saving the string.
Once the path had been backslashed, the program parsed it correctly.
Note
A programmer's past form whose object is the character being protected: a quote mark or dollar sign is backslashed so that it is read as itself rather than as a metacharacter. Because the verb is transitive, the passive comes naturally (the path had been backslashed). It always refers to the \ mark, never the ordinary /, a mix-up that careful usage treats as an error.
backslashed is a form of backslash
backslash, verb: To escape a metacharacter by placing a backslash before it, turning the pair into an escape sequence the parser reads literally. Full entry
- Forms
- backslashbackslashes he/she/itbackslashing -ing formbackslashed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- backslash → backslashed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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