Oscar, you should think of the question as: "what is the simplest piece of code that could take your string ('''''', which has two quotes in it) and return a new one with four quotes in it instead of two?"
-- Cheers, Peter On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Oscar Nierstrasz <os...@iam.unibe.ch>wrote: > > s := ''''''. > s size -> 2 > > works fine for me. am i missing something? > > - on > > > > On May 3, 2010, at 22:54 , Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote: > > > Stef, > > > > First, try #printString - it might do the job for you. Failing that, you > can do something like > > > > | out | > > out := WriteStream on:String new. > > self do:[ :c | > > c = $' ifTrue:[ out nextPut:$' ]. > > out nextPut:c. > > ]. > > ^out contents. > > > > I'll be interested to see all of the better ways to do this. > > > > Bill > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pharo-project-boun...@lists.gforge.inria.fr [mailto: > pharo-project-boun...@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Stéphane Ducasse > > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:48 PM > > To: Pharo Development > > Subject: [Pharo-project] how to simply double a ' inside string > > > > Does anybody know how to double a ' inside a string? > > > > Stef > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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