C++ Escaping an apostrophe in a string

Question

Could you please tell me how can one escape an apostrophe.

I need it to process non apostrophe characters through file operations so when I encounter an apostrophe(') I can't just give ch!='''. It doesn't work. Could you please tell me the right format. Thank you..:)

Answer 1

You can escape a single quote as

'\''

for example

while(*p && *p != '\'') p++;

This is an escape sequence; the backslash tells the compiler that following ' normal character, and not as one of the single quotes that you surround a character with.

Answer 2

use

if ( ch != '\'' )

\' is an escape sequence for apostrophie.. google for "escapesequence" to know abt it more..