# E0003

An invalid escape in a string: a backslash followed by anything but one of the escapes. Spans the backslash.

**Machine-applicable fix:** none.

## Example

This program fails with `E0003`.

```oska
fn main() {
    let path = "C:\data"
}
```

## Fixed

The same program, fixed.

```oska
fn main() {
    let path = "C:\\data"
}
```

Listed in the [checker notes](/checker.md#e0003). `oskac explain E0003` prints this entry offline.