Consider also
local line : subinstr local line "`=char(96)'" "", all
Nick
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David Harrison
> Compound double quotes around the ` character do not seem to
> work (I am not sure why - I guess it is trying to interpret
> `"' as a macro or something), however simple double quotes
> will suffice in this case so try
>
> local line: subinstr local line "`" "", all
Fred Wolfe
> In an email in March 2002, Nick Cox wrote that you could
> replace " as follows:
>
>
> replace foo = subinstr(foo,`"""',"",.)
>
> Take the second argument, which is the trickiest:
>
> `"""' is `" as delimiter followed by " as character followed by "' as
> delimiter. Make sure you start with ` (namely, a left or
> opening single
> quote).
>
>
> Using this logic with a macro using -file- and reading an ado
> text file
>
> local line: subinstr local line `"""' "",all (this works)
>
> But
>
> local line: subinstr local line `"`"' "",all (produces
> "invalid syntax"
> message)
> local line: subinstr local line `"'"' "",all (produces
> "invalid syntax"
> message)
>
> Is this the way to code it? The problem could be within macro
> interpretation, but macval() doesn't help.
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