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Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

elmiller — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:33:26 +0000

Hi,

I am looking to put text with both single word and multiple word length into comment boxes using (set $1). Multiple (as a symbol) obviously has double quotes, which I want, but single does not and I cannot figure out how to get it to. I’ve tried sprintf, but they disappear once passed as a message. I know this is the format max uses, and the quotes are only needed when passing symbols with spaces, so I get why they are automatically removed, but is there a way to bypass this?

Thanks,
Eric

Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

Ch — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:42:30 +0000

Hello Eric,

you’re probably looking for that (?) :

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Charles

Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

Ch — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:42:30 +0000

Hello Eric,

you’re probably looking for that (?) :

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Charles

Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

Roman Thilenius — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:38:06 +0000

if you would use [prepend set], this takes symbols as well as lists…

Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

Roman Thilenius — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:38:06 +0000

if you would use [prepend set], this takes symbols as well as lists…

Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

Ch — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:10:05 +0000

Oh right, I forgot about the lists. As well if you don’t care about having spaces around, you can do that :

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Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

Ch — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:10:05 +0000

Oh right, I forgot about the lists. As well if you don’t care about having spaces around, you can do that :

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Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

elmiller — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:25:22 +0000

Thanks both of you for your responses. I wanted to avoid the spaces if possible, but it’s not that big of a deal.

Best,
Eric

Re: Double quotes around symbol without spaces?

elmiller — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:25:22 +0000

Thanks both of you for your responses. I wanted to avoid the spaces if possible, but it’s not that big of a deal.

Best,
Eric