How can I include quotes within a string?
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I've been trying to make a string: var = '<meta property="og:title" content="(\w*-*\s*\(*\)*&*;*:*\.*,*/*'*)*"/>'; The problem is that the " '* " causes the doublequotes towards the end to become red, and make the string invalid due to the error "Unbalanced or unexpected parenthesis or bracket."
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Image Analyst
on 28 Dec 2013
Look up strings in the help and the example shows that you do a double single quote to get a single single quote:
var = '<meta property="og:title" content="(\w*-*\s*\(*\)*&*;*:*\.*,*/*''*)*"/>'
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the cyclist
on 28 Dec 2013
Edited: the cyclist
on 28 Dec 2013
To you need to use two single quotes to get a single quote inside a string. For example
>> 'You can''t be serious!'
In your case:
var = '<meta property="og:title" content="(\w*-*\s*\(*\)*&*;*:*\.*,*/*''*)*"/>'
should give what you want.
dpb
on 28 Dec 2013
The general rule is that one doubles down on the restricted character...
Example--
>> str='ain''t'
str =
ain't
>>
NB: the doubled quotes to end up with one embedded in the string. One can, of course, also build them by use of the char conversion function--
>> str=['ain' char(39) 't']
str =
ain't
>> q=char(39);
>> str=['ain' q 't']
str =
ain't
>>
The latter shows a temporary variable to shorten the building a little if need more than just one. Sometimes can be easier than trying to work thru the eyestrain sure to result from the double-up exercise; I had more trouble trying to decipher the string you were trying to build than I cared to try to fight thru; hence the example instead.
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