1. Rob: Minor special character glitch?
Rob,
I noticed that you can use a single quote with print, printf, puts, so on.
without needing to use a special character backslash. Was this intentional or
just a uncaught glitch?
puts(1, "''''''''''") -- works ?
puts(1, "\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'") -- works
This isn't a problem or anything but maybe deviates from expected behavor?
Regards,
Vincent
2. Re: Rob: Minor special character glitch?
Vincent wrote:
>
> Rob,
>
> I noticed that you can use a single quote with print, printf, puts, so on.
> without
> needing to use a special character backslash. Was this intentional or just a
> uncaught glitch?
>
> puts(1, "''''''''''") -- works ?
> puts(1, "\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'") -- works
>
> This isn't a problem or anything but maybe deviates from expected behavor?
>
>
> Regards,
> Vincent
Hi,
What are you saying? Single quote is just another printable char right?
Should print just like any other char when it's part of a string right?
Take care,
Al
And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!
My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
3. Re: Rob: Minor special character glitch?
Vincent wrote:
> I noticed that you can use a single quote with print, printf, puts, so on.
> without
> needing to use a special character backslash. Was this intentional or just a
> uncaught glitch?
>
> puts(1, "''''''''''") -- works ?
> puts(1, "\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'") -- works
>
> This isn't a problem or anything but maybe deviates from expected behavor?
That was intentional.
Inside a double-quote string you can use a single quote
directly without escaping it, since there is no confusion.
Similarly, inside a sinqle-quote character you can use
a double quote with or without escaping it. e.g. '"'
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
4. Re: Rob: Minor special character glitch?
Al Getz wrote:
> What are you saying? Single quote is just another printable char right?
> Should print just like any other char when it's part of a string right?
In Refman Part 1 - Section 2 :
2.1.2 Character Strings and Individual Characters
Special characters may be entered using a back-slash:
\n newline
\r carriage return
\t tab
\\ backslash
\" double quote
\' single quote
I havent noticed this before. Perhaps this is normal.
I guess I'm thinking since we cant do this:
puts(1, """""""""")
Maybe I just dont understand. Hehe...
Regards,
Vincent
5. Re: Rob: Minor special character glitch?
Robert Craig wrote:
> That was intentional.
> Inside a double-quote string you can use a single quote
> directly without escaping it, since there is no confusion.
> Similarly, inside a sinqle-quote character you can use
> a double quote with or without escaping it. e.g. '"'
Ahh ok... I understand now. Stupid me. :P
Regards,
Vincent
