2 Syntax ![]() ![]() ![]() 2.3.1.1.1 Escape Characters and Potential NumbersA potential number cannot contain any escape characters. An escape character robs the following character of all syntactic qualities, forcing it to be strictly alphabetic2 and therefore unsuitable for use in a potential number. For example, all of the following representations are interpreted as symbols, not numbers:
\256 25\64 1.0\E6 |100| 3\.14159 |3/4| 3\/4 5|| In each case, removing the escape character (or characters) would cause the token to be a potential number. |