How to put a " into a variable.

[Googie85]

Hi Guys!

I am trying to put a " into a variable. For example:

put " "test" " into tVar

Any advice will be greatly received!

Thanks,

Googie.

[wsamples]

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put quote & "test" & quote into tvar

See 'quote' and '&' in the dictionary.

[Googie85]

Thanks for your reply!

It worked! Although I have another similar question. I have the following string:

"Test String"

I need to remove the " and leave the remaining text only.

Many Thanks for any assistance.

Googie.

[stam]

Thanks for your reply!

It worked! Although I have another similar question. I have the following string:

"Test String"

I need to remove the " and leave the remaining text only.

Many Thanks for any assistance.

Googie.

Use replace or replaceText commands.
Look it up in LiveCode's Dictionary or use Google (i.e. search for 'livecode replace command' or some such)

The dictionary should suffice and should always be the first port of call. But it sounds like you may not have tried this...

[dunbarx]

What everyone said.

The issue is that "quote" is both a character (") that defines text AND a constant ("quote", ASCII 34) . So in order to be able to add the quote character to a string one must use the constant.

It is easier to understand and use, say, the "return" constant (ASCII 10) when building a multi-line string. One does not hit the return key to do so. But the employment of each is identical.

Craig

[jacque]

Although I have another similar question. I have the following string:

"Test String"

I need to remove the " and leave the remaining text only

You can also use trueWord:

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put trueword 1 to -1 of tString into tString

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