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from: PIETER DE RUITER
date: 1997-12-15 06:29:00
subject: Re: Double-quote question

From: Pieter de Ruiter 
At 16:53 13-12-97 -0500, you wrote:
Hi there...
>Hi -
>
>I have several text files containing strings quoted
>with the double-quote character ' " '. I'd like to
>write a macro to parse through these file and change the
>double-quote character to a single-quote character
>(i.e. " -> '). However, I can't figure out a way to
>search for a double-quote using the macro compiler.
>I write a line like 
>
>while( lFind( ""","^g" ))
>
>the compiler rejects the string as a syntax error. 
>
>How can I search and replace on a double-quote character?
Try it with single quotes:
while( lFind( '"',"g" ))
Pieter de Ruiter
Utrecht
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