How do you insert the ' symbol? 3

[PaidtheUmpire]

I want to have the following in a string


I can't do it.

How do you place the ' symbol inside a pair of ''s.
Know what I'm getting at?

I think it'll look kind of like this...

'I can' + ???? + 't do it.'

Any help?

 

[McMerfy]

AStr := 'I can''''t do it'

--- McMerfy

 

[Pikkunero]

Here's how to do it:

sString := 'I can''t do it.';

Or if you like you can do it like this:

sString := 'I can' + '''' + 't do it.';

So always when you want to add ' into a string just insert '' in to the string where you want the ' to show.

 

[McMerfy]

Pikkunero's right. My mistake. Haven't woke up yet.

--- McMerfy

 

[sijgs]

With all due respect to McMerfy...

and assuming you want the string

I can't do it

my compiler seems to like

AStr := 'I can''t do it';

fairly well, and it shows up correctly when I run

ShowMessage('I can''t do it');

JGS

Regards and HTH,
JGS

 

[hilfy]

If you have an apostrophe in a string that's not a constant, like a field value from a database, you can use the QuotedStr function to automatically setup the string so that it can be used in other functions like ShowMessage.

-Dell