Yasnippet including backslash

Question

I would like to use Yasnippet to insert the template for a latex inline equation: \( \)

The snippet is defined:

    # -*- Mode: snippet -*-
# name: inline equation
# key: ineq
# --
\(  \)

But Yasnippet inserts only the parentheses ( ) without the backslashes. Any suggestions?

You need to escape the backslash with another backslash – Dan Apr 15 '17 at 01:46 — Dan, Apr 15 '17 at 01:46

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '17 at 13:14

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The backslash is used in regular expressions to escape individual characters:

For the most part, \ followed by any character matches only that character.

So \( gives you ( in your output. To get the backslash in the output, escape it:

\\( \\)

answered Apr 15 '17 at 13:14

Dan

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http://joaotavora.github.io/yasnippet/snippet-development.html#sec-3 would be a better link, this isn't about regular expressions. – npostavs Apr 15 '17 at 13:27

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