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How to Write a Variety of Quote Marks to Files
Keywords: quote quotes quote marks single quotes double quotes
Question:
I have a program that needs to set ini lines like the following:[section] this="that's it" this1="that`s it again" this2="that'`s it for good"the data values are directory or file names that can contain either or both of the single forward or single backward quote, as both of these are acceptable file/dir name characters.
I also need the double quote to go around the entire entry.
Is there any way to set the quote to another mark, that is not an acceptable dir\file name character? I am not sure what characters are reserved from being used for dir\file names.
Answer:
In WinBatch double-quotes ( " ), single-quotes ( ' ), and back-quotes ( ` ) call all be used as quote marks.
a=`"quoted string"`
Message('A quoted string',a)
Question (continued):
The three available quotes don't leave me the flexibility I need. both single quotes are acceptable file or dir characters. I need to set INI settings like:[section] dir1="Mike's Stuff"In this case I use the ` quote as the "wrapper" as both " and ' are used in the value filed. But I would need to dynamically change the wrapper if the directory or filename had the ` character. For example I cannot set
[section] dir1="Mike's `stuff`"as all thre quotes are in use. The commands
INIWrite("section","dir1",""Mike's `stuff`"")
INIWrite("section","dir1",'"Mike's `stuff`"')
INIWrite(`section","dir1",`"Mike's `stuff`"`)
all fail with "illegal character" error.
Although a dir or file can't have a " in the name, a " is part of many INI and registry entries and thus, can't be used as the wrapper. Kind of a catch-22.
Answer:
Change quotes to the wording #squote# for a single quote, #dquote# for a double quote and #bquote# for a back quote.
MydefaultAnswer=strcat("single quote '",'double quote ",',"and back quote `")
inifile = "c:\test.ini"
a=askline("Quote converter","Enter your text with back, single, or double quotes.", MydefaultAnswer)
a=StrReplace (a,"'","#squote#")
a=StrReplace (a,'"',"#dquote#")
a=StrReplace (a,"`","#bquote#")
INIWritePvt("section", "key", a, inifile)
Display (5,"My Variable with quoted text","%a%")
a = IniReadPvt("section", "key", , "", inifile)
a=StrReplace (a,"#squote#","'")
a=StrReplace (a,"#dquote#",`"`)
a=StrReplace (a,"#bquote#","`")
Display (5,"My Variable information back again",a)
Or you can build the variables up piecemeal as follows, or see below (b)
a)
a1=strcat( `"Mike's `, '`stuff`"')
a2="Mike's `stuff`"
a2=strcat( '"', a2, '"')
INIWrite("section","dir1",a1)
INIWrite("section","dir2",a2)
b)
;Use a different character for say backquotes
;and flip it at the last second. Lets say
; we use a \ instead of a backquote.
a3=`"Mike's \stuff\"`
a3=StrReplace(a3, "\", "`")
IniWrite("section","dir3",a3)
Article ID: W13246
Filename: Write Various Quote Marks to Files.txt
File Created: 2008:02:27:09:18:32
Last Updated: 2008:02:27:09:18:32