Where possible you can just type in the text string.
TextString
Fred@Inside |
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However, if certain characters are to be included in the text, such as a space, you must enter the text as a quoted string. A quoted string is a string enclosed within double quotes.
"This is a quoted text string"
"Fred Soames"@"Inside
postoffice" |
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Sometimes it may also be necessary to enter special characters within the quoted string, such as a question mark, or the double quotation mark itself. In this case you must escape the character with a backslash.
"Is this a quoted text string \?"
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Commas are not handled in quoted strings. |
Some special characters that must be escaped with a backslash are shown below.
Escaped character | Meaning |
---|---|
\" | " |
\\ | \ |
\* | * |
\? | ? |
\a | Alert (bell) |
\b | Backspace |
\f | Formfeed |
\n | Linefeed |
\r | Carriage return |
\t | Horizontal tab |
\v | Vertical tab |
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