☜	ASCII 34 M[UMPS] by Example					☞

Quotes, also known as inch sign ("""")

ASCII code 34.

Many people call this character ‘double quote’. In this document, the character ' is called apostrophe, and the character " is called quotes.

Quotes delimit strings. When a quotes-character needs to be embedded in a string, it needs to be written twice.
Set X="This is a string."
Set Y="This ""string"" contains quotes."

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This page most recently updated on 16-Nov-2023, 11:58:30.

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