title: Prevent backslash from being parsed by javascript for a string
body: <p>A Flash AS3 IRC application passes me a string like "f\reak" to JavaScript. IRC allows the \ in usernames which poses a problem when its passed to JavaScript.<p>
  <b>"f\reak"</b> become <b>"feak"</b> in javascript making the <b>\r</b> into a carriage return.<p>
  Is there a way to read the absolute value of the string instead of parsing a carriage return?<p>
  These methods didn't work<br>
  str.valueOf()<br>
  str.toString()<br>
  str.charAt(position of the \ )  this just sees the carriage return as well and not a backslash</p>