Double quotes in string

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January 15, 2014 21:57

I am trying to assign a virtual directory path to a variable, but I think the double quotes are messing up the syntax. Is there a substitute character to use? I've seen the post about using single quotes, but I'm not sure where to put them.

This is what I'm trying to get into the Assign:

<a href=" + FilePath + " target="_blank"> Property Easement </a>

where FilePath is the variable storing the path to the file.

Any help would be appreciated.

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  Permanently deleted user

  January 16, 2014 02:32

  Hi Michael

  Try using"

  "<a href=" + char(34) + FilePath + char(34) + " target=" + char(34) + "_blank" + char(34) + "> Property Easement </a>"

  Regards

  Ralph

  PS you may need to add to the Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

   

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  Permanently deleted user

  January 16, 2014 03:31

  Ralph,

  Thank you for the help.

  I was able to get the expression I needed by splitting it up into 5 different variables and then combining them into a sixth variable. Not pretty, but it worked.

  I would prefer one string like you suggested. When I use the string you gave me, I get a compiler error:

  Compiler error encountered processing expression: '.' expected

  I did add Microsoft.VisualBasic to the Imports.

  Any thoughts?

  Thanks again for the response,

  Mike

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  Permanently deleted user

  January 16, 2014 04:48

  Hi Mike

  the Char should have been Chr

  Sorry about that.

  Regards

  Ralph

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  Berend Veldkamp

  February 12, 2014 21:39

  I always recommend using String.Format, which makes things a little easier to read. To use embedded quotes in the string, double them, or use single quotes:

  String.Format("<a href=""{0}"" target=""_blank"">Property Easement</a>", FilePath) 

  or

  String.Format("<a href='{0}' target='_blank'>Property Easement</a>", FilePath)

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