st: Re: Display " "

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

You need to use compound double quotes around any string expression which 
includes quotes within it:  `" for open quote and "' for close quote

`"the house is "red""'

M Blasnik

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:19 AM
Subject: st: Display " "



> Dear all,
>
> I would like to display this sentence
>
> the house is "red"
>
> I tried              display  "the house is "red" "
>
> But it did not work.
> It seems to have a problem to display the symbol " "
>
> How can I do ?
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