Re: String value with an apostrophe ( ' )

[Gary Thornton <gthornton2003@xxxxxxxxx>]

So, to carry that logic forward, using two single apostrophes will be
"preserved" to a non-EBCDIC CCSID, as in this example:
      Eval PrintTime = Hour + ' o''clock'

(Personally, I never define a constant for a single apostrophe.  I
know by heart that 'o''clock' will generate o'clock.  But that's a
personal preference, and not intended to start a mini-holy war.)

--- Barbara Morris <bmorris@ca.ibm.com> wrote:
> Gary Thornton wrote:
> > 
> > Question:  Is x'7D' always an apostrophe for every CCSID?
> > 
> 
> No.  It's x'7d' for every EBCDIC CCSID, but not every CCSID.
> 
> Better to define the constant this way
> 
>  * apos is a single apostrophe
> d apos            c                   ''''
> 
> Even if you are sure, sure, sure that you will never run your code
> on a
> non-EBCDIC platform, why write something that would cause a problem
> if
> you ever did when there's a ccsid-independent way to write it
> that's
> just as easy (if not easier).

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