Double quote mark problem...

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• gyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  Solved: I tried \" (MyAtt.."\"") and that's working now. I'll keep this thread here in case anyone else needs the solution at some other time.
• Hopscotch Member, PRO Posts: 2,782

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  @gyroscope‌ , escape the quote with a backslash ( \ ). Alt-Shift-7 if your keyboard does not have that key.

  e.g.

  MyAtt="She said: "

  Display Text MyAtt.."\"Hi\""

  will display

  She said: "Hi"
• gyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598

  January 2015

  Good to hear, @Hopscotch, thanks. (I'll try Alt-Shift-7 if it doesn't work on the iPad too - useful to know, thanks again).
• Socks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

  January 2015

  @gyroscope said:
  Good to hear, Hopscotch, thanks. (I'll try Alt-Shift-7 if it doesn't work on the iPad too - useful to know, thanks again).

  Another solution is to use two single quotes, so . . .

  "Your name is ".."''"..name.attribute.."''"
• gyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598

  January 2015

  Hi @Socks, Neat workaround, thanks (although \" seems to work OK on the device too).
• Armelline Member, PRO Posts: 5,421

  January 2015

  @gyroscope said:
  Hi Socks, Neat workaround, thanks (although \" seems to work OK on the device too).

  Escape characters are well established in pretty much every programming language including Lua so they should be entirely safe to use.

  There's actually a few more tricks you can use like that but only some are supported by GameSalad.
• gyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598

  January 2015

  Useful to know, thanks @Armelline - + I'll bookmark that page from your link.