Character Escapes & References

Format strings include special characters that need to be escaped in certain contexts. They also allow for character references, to make including uncommon characters a bit easier.

Escapes

The characters $@();: can be escaped by preceding the character with a dollar sign. This is useful to avoid using a function or token where you don't intend to.

For example, $$pi() would result in $pi().

References

While handling sandbox options, the game removes certain characters such as « and ». The $char function can be used to include these characters, but format strings also accept character references for ease-of-use.

Both named references and numeric references are supported. Numeric references behave similarly to the $char function; the character with the number specified will be used in place of the reference.

Using character references, « $1 » can be specified as « $1 » or « $1 ».

The available characters are limited to those in the ISO-8859-1 character set.