how to simply double a ' inside string

s := ''''''.
s size -> 2

works fine for me. am i missing something?

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On May 3, 2010, at 22:54 , Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:

> Stef,
>
> First, try #printString - it might do the job for you.  Failing that, you can do something like
>
> | out |
> out := WriteStream on:String new.
> self do:[ :c |
>  c = $' ifTrue:[ out nextPut:$' ].
>  out nextPut:c.
> ].
> ^out contents.
>
> I'll be interested to see all of the better ways to do this.
>
> Bill
>
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> Does anybody know how to double a ' inside a string?
>
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Ah!  Now, I get it.

What about this?

'''''' join: ('''' split: 'don''t') -> 'don''''t'

Not as efficient as using a stream, but pretty simple.

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On May 4, 2010, at 10:54 , Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote:

> Oscar, you should think of the question as: "what is the simplest piece of code that could take your string ('''''', which has two quotes in it) and return a new one with four quotes in it instead of two?"
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Oscar Nierstrasz <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> s := ''''''.
> s size -> 2
>
> works fine for me. am i missing something?
>
> - on
>
>
>
> On May 3, 2010, at 22:54 , Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
>
> > Stef,
> >
> > First, try #printString - it might do the job for you.  Failing that, you can do something like
> >
> > | out |
> > out := WriteStream on:String new.
> > self do:[ :c |
> >  c = $' ifTrue:[ out nextPut:$' ].
> >  out nextPut:c.
> > ].
> > ^out contents.
> >
> > I'll be interested to see all of the better ways to do this.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Stéphane Ducasse
> > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:48 PM
> > To: Pharo Development
> > Subject: [Pharo-project] how to simply double a ' inside string
> >
> > Does anybody know how to double a ' inside a string?
> >
> > Stef
> >
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