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Error C2017: illegal escape sequence
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Cause
If a newline character '\n' is written after the constant and quotaation marks in Visual C++, then this error message is generated. Arbitrarily added newline character will also generate this error. Ex:
string a = "abcde"\n; // This line will generate C2017. \n // This line will generate C2017 too.
Solution
Put the newline character '\n' in the string or character constant and remove other unnecessary newline characters.
string a = "abcde\n";
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