You need to bind the "red" with more quotes. Try:
disp "The house is "`""red""'" "
Scott
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> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 6:20 AM
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> Subject: st: Display " "
>
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to display this sentence
>
> the house is "red"
>
> I tried display "the house is "red" "
>
> But it did not work.
> It seems to have a problem to display the symbol " "
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