put xml string with quotes?

[ThomasBodetti]

I am curious if it is possible to put xml formatted data, into a variable or to add strings to a container.

Example,

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put "tab1text" title=" into mySpecialvariable

This would create error, double binary operator, so if you wanted to express data that contains operators, what would be the best way to handle this type of data? when you need to hold this data is there some kind of method of expressing this data without having to create a field to hold the data?

[Klaus]

Hi Thomas,

you need to write out the QUOTE!
...
put QUOTE & "tab1text" & QUOTE && "title=" into mySpecialvariable
...

Or use my very handy fcuntion, that I use for this kind of stuff:

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function q tString
  return QUOTE & tString & QUOTE
end q

..
put q("tab1text") && "title=" into mySpecialvariable
...

For database work I also use a similar function for SINGLE quotes ' :

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function q2 tString
  return "'" & tString & "'"
end q2

Best

Klaus

[dunbarx]

If I understand at all, the way to create any string (including the ability to add double quotes to that string) is to concatenate little bits of text together:

put "tabText" && "title=" into myspecialVariable.

You sometimes have to parse the incoming data by hand, depending.

If this is at all pertinent, try this as well, just as an experiment:

put "tabText" && quote & "title=" & quote into myspecialVariable.

Craig Newman

[ThomasBodetti]

Oh, yes thank you, gentleman, I appreciate the replies, this makes perfect sense, If I could only unlearn the old ways...

again thank you for the replies, it is much appreciatiated.

[Klaus]

A votre service, monsieur!

[Simon]

Ahh, just because I like my little stack here: