Why can't you print an '\' symbol

So i'm trying to make so ASCII art on Monitors but everytime I use an '' it doesn't get printed.

Here's how it looks on a monitor:


And here's how it should look (half of it):



Why is this happening, and is there a way to still print that symbol?

Thanks

That's because the backslash is the escape character (to add newlines, nulls, etc. to the string), so you need to escape it, adding another backslash.

local s = "" -- string with 1 backslash -> 

omg i was just gonna post the exact same question….i thought i'd have to redo all the ascii art again….coding in notepad++ and testing in mc is so tiresome…..is there like another way to test your code?….like a standalone cc emulator?

Not yet. I'm working on one, but won't be ready anytime soon.