November 05, 2002 07:05 PM

Rem: Understanding Quotation Marks in VBScript

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Bob Wells
Windows IT Pro
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I don't understand the purpose behind different combinations of quotation marks in VBScript. Can you explain the use of quotation marks in the code segment that Listing 3, page 6, shows?

The key to understanding quotation marks in VBScript is learning two basic rules about VBScript strings. First, a VBScript string is simply a series of characters enclosed in quotation marks (" "). Second, to embed quotation marks (") inside a VBScri...

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HERE IS AN EXAMPLE GUYS: strSQL = """This is a test"""
After re-reading it a couple of times I figured it out. I would have given your artical a 5 if I din't have to sift through the technical information.

Anonymous User 6/14/2005 11:27:47 AM

I think a simple example with an escape quote inside a single string should be placed before those concatenating variables. This confused me for a time, even though the article was really interesting.

Anonymous User 3/25/2005 6:35:59 AM

I think a simple example with an escape quote inside a single string should be placed before those concatenating variables. This confused me for a time, even though the article was really interesting.

Anonymous User 3/25/2005 6:35:59 AM

This solved my problem that VB help couldn't or any books I had.
Thanks.

Anonymous User 3/9/2005 3:47:51 AM

This article is a waste of hard disk space.

Anonymous User 3/1/2005 12:44:34 PM

I'm not even sure what the output is *SUPPOSED* to look like this article is so convoluted.

Greymulkin 10/25/2004 3:16:18 PM

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