Alan,

Use double quote marks to substitute the quote mark into the string.
Continue to put quote marks around the entire string. This will look kind of
strange because you want an quote mark at the end of your string so you will
actually have three quotation marks - two of them to indicate a quote mark
and one as a delimiter.

    REPL ITEM2="STARTTEXT,Find ""K<00000,0>"""

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Yeo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:16 AM
Subject: [HP3000-L] Using Quotes in a Query Replace


> Hi folks
>
> I wonder if there is a Query expert out there that can help me.
>
> I want to find an X type item that contains a particular string that
> includes several " characters and replace the string with another string
> that also contains the " character.
>
> I can find the correct items OK using MATCH where the ? stands in for
> the "
>
> FIND ITEM1=?????????????????????
> 123456 RECORDS FOUND
> SUBSET ITEM2 M "STARTTEXT?aaaab?K?99999?*"
> 46 RECORDS FOUND
>
> But when I do the REPLACE how can I specify the " character several
> times?
>
> REPL ITEM2='STARTTEXT,Find "K<00000,0>"'
>
> Where the ' should be the " Query expects, and " is the " I want in the
> string.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated. I know I could write a program, but this
> was supposed to be a quick and dirty, which has now probably taken
> longer than writing a program. But I'm darned if I'll let it beat me now
> :-)
>
> Regards
> Alan

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