Using Quotes in Quotes (if you see what I mean)

Using Quotes in Quotes (if you see what I mean)

[tonyg]

I'm trying to search for a string containing the string "day = "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 ?

Re: Using Quotes in Quotes (if you see what I mean)

[Jacob Sparre Andersen]

tonyg <tonythegair@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm trying to search for a string containing the string "day = "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 ?

You look up how to write string literals in the LRM.  (It might be in
section 2.6.)

Greetings,

Jacob
-- 
The secret is to bang the rocks together.

Re: Using Quotes in Quotes (if you see what I mean)

[Shark8]

On Aug 5, 2:15 am, tonyg <tonytheg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to search for a string containing the string "day = "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:= "day = ""2""";
OR
 Search_String : String:= "day = " & '"' & "2" & '"';