Matching character "quota"

[Guest_imported]

Hello,

I want to match this character : '
I try to do this with :
gawk ' {

pos=match($0,a,"\'&quot
print pos
} ' DES

and i get :
gawk: cmd. line:3: pos=match($0,a,"\)
gawk: cmd. line:3: ^ unterminated string

How can I match the quota ?

Thanks for your reply.

 

[dickiebird]

Hi
Check out thread271-313385 in this forum
HTH ;-) Dickie Bird
db@dickiebird.freeserve.co.uk

 

[daddymack]

you could try replacing the line

pos=match($0,a,"\'&quot
with
pos=match($0,"\'&quot

and it should work also

 

[Guest_imported]

OK thank you

and sorry for my syntax fault; of course, it was :
pos=match($0,"\'&quot and not match($0,a,"\'&quot which is syntax of split, for example.

So, pos=match($0,"\047&quot work

Greetings, ctlm.