Syntax problem with VB.....pls help

Paladin

Its a very simple problem, I just dont have the solution

I want to write a string to a file. Generally the string is enclosed in invertad commas --> ""

The problem is, the string itself contains inverted commas, so when VB sees this it ends the string prematurely. How do I put inverted commas into a string?

EG.

write #1, "string goes right "here" but fuks up cause of commas around here"

Perhaps there is another way around it?

Ta in advance from a noobie.

dogs

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Paladin:

write #1, "string goes right "here" but fuks up cause of commas around here"
</font>

write #1, "string goes right \"here\" but fuks up cause of commas around here"

ecksor

Didn't know you could backslash quotes like that in VB. Usually you just doublequote, like "" instead of "

Kali

nope you can't backslash in VB, as said the doublequote does the job.

Baz_

I never heard of that doublequoting thing before, I thought you had to use the ascii or something, hmmm...

very interesting indeed, after a swift search me up, I must concur. I also must take my hat of to you sirs.

Paladin

Cheers lads. Turns out ascii values worked for me too.
I had tried double quotes, but the string ran onto a few more lines and the syntax checker had problems with it but now Ive it sorted.

dogs

Erm, oops, sorry been a while since I had to touch VB *shudder*. "" is the best approach, or if you want to go all QBasic'y you can use the ASCII values.

Evil Phil

There is a Chr function in VB. Just us the Ascii value of the character you want to put in. e.g. Chr(13) will but in a carraige return.

Hobbes

double quote "Hello ""world""." Of course it's a pain in the backside to read.

Another option is...

quote = """"
print "hello " + quote + "world" + quote + "."

messy too.