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Asked: 2026-06-13T06:46:09+00:00

Using Maxsctipt: Exporting a file the following code works fine: caption:Caption \ types:text(*.txt)|*.txt|All|*.*| \

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Using Maxsctipt: Exporting a file the following code works fine:

caption:"Caption" \
types:"text(*.txt)|*.txt|All|*.*|" \
filename:(sysinfo.currentdir + @"\some_text.txt")

I am wondering what the significance the @ symbol has?

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  1. Editorial Team

    From the maxscript help file:

    http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/15/ENU/MAXScript-Help/index.html?url=files/GUID-7F17449E-C377-445C-AC15-CD3BA88A975B.htm,topicNumber=d30e141051

    Verbatim String Literals

    Verbatim string literals added to MAXScript in 3ds Max 2008 are
    prefixed by the ‘@’ character and are NOT expanded even if containing
    backslash escape character sequences like ‘\t’, ‘\n’ or ‘\r’.

    Bottomline you don’t need to escape characters in the string if there are any "illegal" characters in it, especially helpful when dealing with paths loads of \ ‘s

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