[Newbies] String question

[Tobias Pape]

On 29.12.2016, at 06:39, Joseph Alotta <joseph.alotta at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see. 
> 
> You are looking to find the escape sequence. 
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> I tried   x := ‘Transcript show: \’abc\’.’. 
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you have to double the quotes:

x := 'Transcript show: ''abc''.'

Best regards
	-Tobias

> But that doesn’t work. 
> 
> I’m only a beginner myself.  I wonder where the others are in this group? 
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> Sincerely, 
> 
> Joseph. 
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> > On Dec 28, 2016, at 10:42 PM, obrienj [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> 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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> >> Subject: Re: [Newbies] String question 
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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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