Hi all,
single quotes in strings (e.g., a value label
"don't know") sometimes seem to mess up macro
expansion even if compound double quotes are
used. Here's an example: The code
local a `"this'n'that"'
local b: piece 1 6 of `"`a'"'
display `"`b'"'
works fine, while the logically equivalent (at
least it looks equivalent to me)
local a `"this'n'that"'
display `"`:piece 1 6 of `"`a'"''"'
does not. Can anyone explain to me, why?
I repeatedly ran into this problem and
sometimes it is very unpleasant. For example,
occasionally I'd like to use loops like
while `"`:piece `i' 6 of `"`a'"''"'!="" {
...
local i=`i'+1
}
However, this does not work if `a' contains
single quotes and there is no easy fix for it.
Any help will be appreciated
ben
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