error trap : "THE QUOTATION"

[cool]

how do u error trap this input:

"

[Notoroge]

Huh?
Update: I'll assume you're talking about the ' " '. As far as I know, there's no need to error trap quotation marks when getting it from a user's input. Only when out-putting hard-coded text. And in that case, you can go:

code:

put '"Hello," said Mr. Timothy'

[MysticVegeta]

uhhh actually

code:

put "'Hello,' said Mr. Timothy"

[Notoroge]

I know that. I just tested it in 4.0.5 and apperantly what I posted doesn't work. But in the old 4.0.x it was perfectly possible to post standard *"* in the middle of the sentence using my method.
Update: Or maybe it was 3.11? Bah, who knows.

[cool]

yo

when the program asks for an input, and the user types in just a quotation:
"
then the program freezes, and the error message is:
No terminating quote for quoted string

[Notoroge]

code:

var asdf : string get asdf : * put asdf

Works for me.

[Cervantes]

If you've got a string of unnacceptable inputs and you're indexing to see if the user's input is in there, you can use \"

code:

put "\""

The \ basically says that the next character is what it is and doesn't do anything special. So doing \" actually puts the " there, instead of ending the string. Or if you're linking to a file, using \\ actually says use the \, as opposed to making the next character what it is.
In any case, you need to be more specific in your question. I still don't know what you mean.
EDIT: Aah, thanks for the clarification cool. I see what you mean now. It seems the get : * works fine.

[Notoroge]

Cervantes wrote:

Or if you're linking to a file, using \\ actually says use the \,

Or you can just use a "/" for that.
Update: Oops, wrong key.