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Escape character problem

Subject: Escape character problem
From: Brian Gist <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:34:39 -0700

I know this sounds silly, but this is literally driving me crazy.

I'm trying to get a line in quoted text.  I want it to say
"Name"
literally.

When I do ...

set nameVar to "  \"Name\" "
get nameVar

the result, frustratingly enough is exactly

"  \"Name\" "

Shouldn't the \" be an escape character telling it to display the
quotes, but not the backslash?

My sanity thanks you in advance.

Brian
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