From: Jeff Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>
Subject: Re: newbie question: the " character inside a string
Date: 2000/05/24
Date: 2000-05-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <392C487B.3A7A18B9@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8ggste$fin$1@nnrp1.deja.com
I tend to use
'"' & "This is in quotes" & '"'
because
1. "" in the middle of a string is ugly
2. It's easier to tell that the string contains '"'
3. People who have forgotten or didn't learn the "" special case don't
have any problem understanding it.
--
Jeff Carter
"I unclog my nose towards you."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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2000-05-24 0:00 newbie question: the " character inside a string Martin Tobisch
2000-05-24 0:00 ` John English
2000-05-24 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2000-05-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-24 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-24 0:00 ` Jeff Carter [this message]
2000-05-25 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
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