Re: st: adding quotes to a macro or variable

[Keith Dear <keith.dear@anu.edu.au>]

Laura,
You can do this using compound quotes:

. local l `""xxx""'
. mac list _l
_l:             "xxx"

See -help quotes- for more.
Keith


At 08:18 AM 18/03/2008, you wrote:
> Is there any way I could change a macro value from xxx to "xxx".
>
> .local l="xxx"
> .di "`l'"
> xxx
>
> I want the macro to actually be "xxx", including the quotes.  I've 
> tried adding them around with no success, and things like
>
> . local l="xxx"
>
> . local l='"`l'"'
> '"xxx"' invalid name
> r(198);
>
> But as you can see I'm in need of help.  I'm in version 10 on Windows XP.
>
> thanks- Laura
>
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