Re: Quoted text?
Re: Quoted text?
- Subject: Re: Quoted text?
- From: Pier Kuipers <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:04:38 +0000
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Script:
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set x to "He said \"Oops.\" after dropping the plate." as string
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get x
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Result:
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"He said \"Oops.\" after dropping the plate."
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What I want:
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"He said "Oops." after dropping the plate."
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(see no slashes)
set x to "He said \"Oops.\" after dropping the plate." as string
display dialog x
This will display the text the way you want it, I imagine. Or, if you
really want double quotes around the whole sentence:
set x to "\"He said \"Oops.\" after dropping the plate." & "\"" as string
display dialog x
By using 'get x' in your script, you will see the result that
Applescript returns, however, using this result as a variable for
some other script action such as 'display dialog' *will* display the
correct string.
Pier.
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