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Re: How to Set Text to Include Quotes (") ?
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Re: How to Set Text to Include Quotes (") ?


  • Subject: Re: How to Set Text to Include Quotes (") ?
  • From: cassj <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:03:35 -0500

This should do what you want.


tell application "Finder"
activate
set mytext to "\"" & "this is my text" & "\""
display dialog mytext
end tell


Regards,
Cassj


On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 05:47 PM, Johnny AppleScript wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I apologize if this is a TFAQ or RTFM question, but search the archive
> as I
> may, I can't find a query that returns the desired result.
>
> Could someone please remind me how to set quotes (") as text items?
>
> E.G.: Set myText to ""this is my text""
>
> With the result being: "this is my text"
>
> TIA
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