Use compound double quotes - ie `" for open quote and "' for close quote. So the string containing the double quote character is written as `"""'
e.g.
. di index(`"string with " quotes"',`"""')
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David
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-----Original Message-----
From: MITRA PINAKI (MAR1PXM) [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 26 October 2004 16:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Help on double or single quote search in a String
Hello List,
I have a string variable which has double quotes and/or single quotes in
some of the values and I would like to delete and generate a new variable.
For example,
Old Name New Name
Brad Allred"s Brad Allreds
STEVEN" KROFF' STEVEN KROFF
How can I put the double quote <"> and/or single quote <'> in the index
string function to search for and delete it? I can't figure out the trick to
search for quotes in a string variable; I get the error message "too few
quotes" in all my attempts. Can anyone please help me with this?
Thank you,
Pinaki
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