[Newbies] String question

[Joseph Alotta]

I see.

You are looking to find the escape sequence.

I tried   x := ‘Transcript show: \’abc\’.’.

But that doesn’t work.

I’m only a beginner myself.  I wonder where the others are in this group?


Sincerely,

Joseph.




> On Dec 28, 2016, at 10:42 PM, obrienj [via Smalltalk] <ml-node+s1294792n4928343h82 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:
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> I'm not trying to join anything. I want to put Transcript show: 'abc'. (including the period) into string x. 
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> A simpler example: x := 'abc.'. puts abc. into x, so why doesn't x := ''abc'.' put 'abc.' into x (the single quotes are part of the string)?
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>> I think you are using the period as a join operator.  The join operator is a comma. 
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>> > On Dec 28, 2016, at 4:26 PM, obrienj [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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>> > Why does the x := 'Transcript show: 'abc'.'. yield x := 'Transcript show: 'abc Nothing more expected ->'.'. ? 
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