[erlang-questions] Why is it necessary to "double-escape" [ characters in regular expressions?

[Zvi]

Why type so many characters? when in doubt about escaping rules, try
something like this:

1> [[C]||C<-"\\q"].
["\\","q"]

2> [{C}||C<-"\\q"].
[{92},{113}]
 
Zvi


Gaspar Chilingarov wrote:
> 
> 6> lists:map(fun(X) -> erlang:display(X) end, "\\q").
> 92
> 113
> [true,true]
> 

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