build fail

[codecrack]

i'm just learning programming from a book but i don't know why it always fails to build.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main()
 {
 
 char letter;                                                    // Letter typed by the user
 
   printf("Do you want to continue?\ (Y/N): ");
 
   letter = getch();                                          // Get the letter
   letter = toupper(letter);                               // Convert letter to uppercase
 
   while ((letter != 'Y') && (letter != 'N'))
     {
       putch(7);                                          // Beep the speaker
       letter = getch();                                  // Get the letter
       letter = toupper(letter);                           // Convert letter to uppercase
     }
 
   printf("\n Your response was %c \n", letter);
  }
 

[weaknessforcats]

This code:

printf("Do you want to continue?\ (Y/N): ");
 

should look like:

printf("Do you want to continue? (Y/N): ");
 

That \ in the original version is the escape sequence. It tells the compiler that the character following the \ is a escape sequence character. Like \n where the n means "newline".

There is no \(, hence the error.