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Octal escape

Reports octal escapes, which are easily confused with back references. Use hexadecimal escapes to avoid confusion.

Example:

\07

After the quick-fix is applied:

\x07

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

RegExpOctalEscape
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | RegExp

New in 2017.1

Last modified: 27 August 2024