What is the best : " or ' ?

[Zopieux]

Hi again,

I wonder what is the best way to declare strings : do I have to use double quotes "foo" or single quotes 'foo' ?

I ask this question because in the PHP language, it is better to use single quotes, and it could be different with AutoIt...

Best regards,

Zopieux

[Jos]

there is no better in this case ... just convenience that's all...

eg:

"that's" is easier than 'that''s'

[big_daddy]

The help file gives a good explanation of this under Datatypes.

[Zopieux]

OK, thanks for the tips, I didn't see the "datatypes" chapter.

[big_daddy]

OK, thanks for the tips, I didn't see the "datatypes" chapter.

You can find it two different ways:

• Under the index as "Datatypes"
• Under Contents -->AutoIt -->Language Reference -->Datatypes

[therks]

I use '.

One key press instead of two.

[aslani]

I personally have a problem with single quotation since I often confuse them for apostrophe.

Example:

$var = 'The ball is not mine, it is Jona's

Although this doesn't happen to me all the time, I'd use double quotation just to be on the safe side, since after coding hundred of lines, it's hard to find that kind of mistake.