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  #a := QUOTE /- <var>arg<sub>1</sub></var> &hellip; <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>
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  <var>#a</var> := QUOTE [[XXX|/-]] <var>arg<sub>1</sub></var> &hellip; <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>


Will set <var>#a</var> to <code>&lt;SOH&gt;arg<sub>1</sub> &hellip; arg<sub>n</sub>&lt;SOH&gt;</code>.
Will set <var>#a</var> to <code>[[#SOH|&lt;SOH&gt;]]arg<sub>1</sub> &hellip; arg<sub>n</sub>[[#SOH|&lt;SOH&gt;]]</code>.


  #a := QUOTE /E /- <var>arg<sub>1</sub></var> &hellip; <var>argn</var>
  <var>#a</var> := QUOTE /E [[XXX|/-]] <var>arg<sub>1</sub></var> &hellip; <var>argn</var>


Quote elementwise: this will set <var>#a</var> to <code>&lt;SOH&gt;<var>arg1</var>&lt;SOH&gt; &hellip; &lt;SOH&gt;<var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>&lt;SOH&gt;</code>.
Quote elementwise: this will set <var>#a</var> to <code>[[#SOH|&lt;SOH&gt;]]<var>arg1</var>[[#SOH|&lt;SOH&gt;]] &hellip; [[#SOH|&lt;SOH&gt;]]<var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>[[#SOH|&lt;SOH&gt;]]</code>.


  #a := QUOTE</code> /R /- <var>arg<sub>1</sub></var> &hellip; <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>
  <var>#a</var> := QUOTE</code> /R [[XXX|/-]] <var>arg<sub>1</sub></var> &hellip; <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>


Will set <var>#a</var> to <code><var>arg<sub>1</sub></var>* &hellip; <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>*, where where <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var><code>*</code> is <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var> after replacing every occurrence of the quote character, "<code>'</code>", by <code>&lt;SOH&gt;</code>.
Will set <var>#a</var> to <code><var>arg<sub>1</sub></var>* &hellip; <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var>*</code>, where <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var><code>*</code> is <var>arg<sub>n</sub></var> after replacing every occurrence of the quote character, "<code>'</code>", by <code>[[#SOH|&lt;SOH&gt;]]</code>.


See the script <code>quote_examples.sts</code> for more details.
See the script <code>quote_examples.sts</code> for more details.


The option <code>/R</code> takes a lot of precedence over <code>/E</code>.
The option <code>/R</code> takes a lot of precedence over <code>/E</code>.
== {{anchor|SOH|The SOH character}} ==
The string "<code>&lt;SOH&gt;</code>" indicates the ECMA/ASCII ''start of heading'' character with the binary value <code>00000001</code>.

Latest revision as of 10:26, 4 March 2016

#a := QUOTE /- arg1argn

Will set #a to <SOH>arg1 … argn<SOH>.

#a := QUOTE /E /- arg1argn

Quote elementwise: this will set #a to <SOH>arg1<SOH><SOH>argn<SOH>.

#a := QUOTE /R /- arg1argn

Will set #a to arg1* … argn*, where argn* is argn after replacing every occurrence of the quote character, "'", by <SOH>.

See the script quote_examples.sts for more details.

The option /R takes a lot of precedence over /E.

The SOH character

The string "<SOH>" indicates the ECMA/ASCII start of heading character with the binary value 00000001.

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