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Code Inspection: 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

New in 2017.1

Suppress an inspection in the editor

  1. Place the caret at the highlighted line and press Alt+Enter or click the Intention action icon.

  2. Click the arrow next to the inspection you want to suppress and select the necessary suppress action.

Last modified: 13 May 2022