Re: [COBOL400-L] String problems

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Hi all.

Lots of ways that lead to Rome, thanks all!


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You could simply use the figurative constant "QUOTE".

e.g.

string QUOTE
            "This is a great system."
            QUOTE                                    delimited by size
   into new-string-value
end-string

Here's the info from the COBOL reference manual:

QUOTE/QUOTES 
Represents one or more occurrences of the quotation mark character and 
must be nonnumeric. QUOTE, or QUOTES cannot be used in place of a 
quotation mark or an apostrophe to enclose a nonnumeric literal. 
+-------------------------------IBM 
Extension--------------------------------+

When APOST is specified as a compiler option, the figurative constant 
QUOTE has the EBCDIC value of an apostrophe.
+----------------------------End of IBM 
Extension----------------------------+


Original message:
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Hello, all.

Can anyone tell me how to string a " into a field?  The " is used itself 
in the string command, so if I try STRING " " " delimited by size etc, the 


compiler/editor will not accept it.

Any good ideas? 


Cheers -- Jay

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