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From: Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Using Quotes in Quotes (if you see what I mean)
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On Aug 5, 2:15=A0am, tonyg <tonytheg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to search for a string containing the string "day =3D "2""
> within some xml using gnat ada. Unfortunately the "2" is causing a
> problem in that ada thinks it is the end of the string before it gets
> to the end. Can someone tell me how I need to represent this to search
> successfully ?

Well, if you're using that string as a constant, or an initialzation,
the correct way is to double up the quotes OR use the & operator with
the character literal.

Examples:
 Search_String : String:=3D "day =3D ""2""";
OR
 Search_String : String:=3D "day =3D " & '"' & "2" & '"';