Set variable with quotation inside?

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hi folks -

if someone could help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.

I need to set a variable that displays quotation marks on the screen. I don’t want to say 30 inches when I mean to say 30".

This is what I’m doing…

inches = “30"”

obviously flash thinks I typed two "'s and is giving me a “String literal was not properly terminated” error… did a search with no luck and I can’t find anything in flash, worse I don’t know what I would search under to find the right answer…

if anybody knows the answer - please reply!

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inches = ‘“30”’;

^.^ "

3

inches = “30"”

always works

4

perfect! thanks!!!

5

a string can be determined with single quotation marks as well as the more commonly used double quotation marks, hence:

trace("double string")
trace('single string')
trace('dual "string" 1')
trace("dual 'string' 2")

will print on the output window:

double string
single string
dual "string" 1
dual 'string' 2

Prophet.