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Hi, is there a way I can assign double quotes within a variable's string?
This is what I'd like to do:

MY_VARIABLE = "/K "MD TEST&&CD TEST""

I'd like to be able to pass a string to a button which launches CMD.EXE,
the gotcha is if you want to process more than one command they have to be seperated by && and enclosed in quotes.

I have successfully tested the operation using the 'option/parameter' when launching the file, but would like to assign the parameter to a variable so I can keep the parameters all in one script together.

I think I need a way of 'escaping' the quotes, but not sure how to progress this in Opus.

Hope this makes sense!

Many thanks, Kurt

Hi Kurt,

Not sure I follow but I'd guess that the string you want stored in the variable would be:

MY_VARIABLE = '/K "MD TEST&&CD TEST"'

Which would use everything minus the outside single quotes.

FYI escapes in Opus are the same as JS. Using a backslash (\) followed by either single (') or double (") quotes. You can also use the hexadecimal value (u0022) or (u0027).

Mack

Wow, thanks Mackavi, I didn't realise I could assign a string to a variable in single quotes, tested it and it works fine!

I'm creating an app for a user which uses batch files, but I'm creating the contents of the batch file within Opus so it's neater.

Thanks for the quick response.

Regards, Kurt

You can use special characters using the backslash in a string:

That would make: MY_VARIABLE = "/K \"MD TEST&&CD TEST\""

It also works with \t = tab, \n = newline, etc.