Or use {{ }} instead of " " around the string. This will allow ; and $ characters without having to use ASCII codes. Although, interpreting ; as a comment inside " " probably does not make much sense because there would be a syntax error then due to unmatched quotes - I may consider changing this. On Saturday 10 June 2006 18:16, Istvan Varga wrote: > Try using its ASCII code, for example: > > > > instr 1 > prints "This \073 character is not a comment\n" > endin > > > i 1 0 0.0001 > e > > _______________________________________________ Csound-devel mailing list Csound-devel@lists.sourceforge.net