[lua][error] - including a backslash in a string

hello there. i am trying to make a spinning cursor using the characters "-", "\", "|", and "/". however, when i run the script, i get this error on the line of the assignment for the backslash:

bios:206: [string "#gui"]:9: unfinished string

is there any way to use the key numbers instead of the character itself? or how should i go about this?

thanks

That's because the backslash is the escape character, used to include some special characters in a string. To use the actual backslash you have to escape it:

local s = "" -- string containing a backslash

So, just put two instead of one.

ah, ok. thank you!