How to handle a backslash in Openedge under Unix env.

Hi all,

    I need a little help in managing this annoying issue

DEF VAR c AS CHAR INIT "78\87" NO-UNDO.

DISPLAY LENGTH(c) .

This shows only "7887", not the excpected "78\87".

If I add the INDEX funtion like INDEX (c,"\")

I get message error (133) Unmatched quote in the statement.

These statements are launched in a Procedure editor on a UNIX OS.

Do you know how to solve this issue?

Thanks

  Alex