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\DOC set_string_escape

\TYPE {set_string_escape : (int -> int)}

\SYNOPSIS
Changes the escape character inside strings.

\DESCRIBE
{set_string_escape n} changes the escape character in strings to be the
character with ascii code {n}. The previous character code is returned.
Initially the escape is ascii 92 (i.e. `{\}'). If {n} is not an ascii code
then there is no escape character available.

\FAILURE
Never fails (not even if the supplied code is not an ascii code).

\ENDDOC