quick question about quotation marks

[d0n]

If a string has both " and ' in it, how do i quote it ??

ex.

$String = Jim said "This is his' house"

how do i quote it?

[MrMitchell]

Put double quotes around the entire string, double-double quote anywhere you want a double quote to appear within the string.

$string = " Jim said ""This is his' house"" "

MsgBox(0, "", $string)

Alternatively put single quotes around the entire string then double-single quote anywhere you want single quotes to appear within the string:

$string = ' Jim said "This is his'' house" '

Full explanation on this page: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/intro/lang_datatypes.htm

Edited April 26, 2010 by MrMitchell

[czardas]

As an alternative: you can also introduce the the double quotation marks as ascii codes.

$string = "$string = "&Chr(34)&" Jim said "&Chr(34)&Chr(34)&"This is his' house"&Chr(34)&Chr(34)&Chr(34)
MsgBox(0, "", $string)

I sometimes do this if I want to introduce characters, into my code, which normally form part of (or may interfere with) autoit syntax: I also find it easier to visualize in certain situations. Although it is probably less efficient here, I find I am less likely to make mistakes when using this method.

Edited April 26, 2010 by czardas