Questions related to the use of double-quotes in different programming languages.
Questions tagged [double-quotes]
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How to avoid double quote escape in C# strings?
In Ruby it's possible to use the strings without the need to escape the double quote in the string, like Q/Some my string with "double quotes"/
Is it possible with C# to use a string without a need to escape double quotes?
For a good reason I need…

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CSV remove field value wrap quotes
I'm attempting to write a list to a csv, however when I do so I get wrapper quotes around my field values:
number1,number2
"1234,2345"
"1235.7890"
"2345.5687"
Using this code:
with open('C:\\temp\\test.csv', 'wb') as out_file:
... csv_writer =…

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Accommodate two types of quotes in a regex
I am using a regex to replace quotes within in an input string. My data contains two 'types' of quotes -
" and “
There's a very subtle difference between the two. Currently, I am explicitly mentioning both these types in my regex
\"*\“*
I am…

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Python CSV module - quotes go missing
I have a CSV file that has data like this
15,"I",2,41301888,"BYRNESS RAW","","BYRNESS VILLAGE","NORTHUMBERLAND","ENG"
11,"I",3,41350101,2,2935,2,2008-01-09,1,8,0,2003-02-01,,2009-12-22,2003-02-11,377016.00,601912.00,377105.00,602354.00,10
I am…

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Oracle SQL Syntax: Quoted identifier
I encountered SQL queries that looked like
select "hello"
from "foo"."bar"
I found that we can have quoted and unquoted identifiers in Oracle:
Database Object Names and Qualifiers
... A quoted identifier begins and ends with double quotation…

Will
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In code editor of IntelliJ, wrap selected text in double-quote marks
In the code editor for IntelliJ 2019, I want to add a straight double-quote (QUOTATION MARK) to the currently-selected text to make it a string literal.
Is there some keystroke or menu item to make this happen?

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remove double quotes from a string in c++
I am stripping off double quotes from a string, but I keep getting this error from the following function. What is the problem here?
void readCSVCell(stringstream& lineStream, string& s) {
std::getline(lineStream,s,',');
s.erase(remove(…

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SHELL add double quotes at the beginning and end of specific variable
I have variable in shell script which takes a value in variable $var1.
If I do echo $var1 I will get for example value Boston.
My desired value is "Boston"
I tried couple of cases:
var1=""$var1""
var1="""$var1"""
But in both cases I am getting as…

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Python - How to append double quotes to a string and store as new string?
I am using Python 2.6+ and would like to append double quotes to a string and store it as a new string variable. I do not want to print it but use it later in my python script.
For example:
a = 'apple'
b = some_function(a) --> b would be equal to…

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In R, why do style guides recommend that one only use double quotes?
The lintr package has a check for single-quoted strings, and single quotes are discouraged elsewhere (e.g. ?Quotes). Single and double quoted strings work identically in R, so is there a reason why single quotes are considered bad practice?…
user3603486
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PHP array_map trim + parameters
I'm using array_map to trim all my array values but I need to pass a third parameter because I need to more than just trim whitespaces so I'm passing in a third parameter. Basically I want to trim all array values of whitespaces, single quotes, and…

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How to match double quotes using grep
I thought I knew this(or at least how to google for it)!
But I can't figure out how to match double quotes using grep when searching for patterns in text file. I tried to escape the double quotes symbol with a backslash, but it doesn't seem to…

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C++ CSV line with commas and strings within double quotes
I'm reading a CSV file in C++ and the row format is as such:
"Primary, Secondary, Third", "Primary", , "Secondary", 18, 4, 0, 0, 0
(notice the empty value)
When I do:
while (std::getline(ss, csvElement, ',')) {
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csv writer puts quotes around each row
I'm trying to merge multiple csv files with the same format into one.
merge_list = glob.glob(gndlbsum+"*gndlbsum.csv")
filewriter_lbsum = target_dir+"gndlbsum_master.csv"
#get the list of csv files and set the output file
counter=0
for file in…

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Escape double quotes in a C# string
I'm trying to escape \ and " in my string like this:
text.Replace("\\", "\\\\").Replace("\"", "\\\"");
But the result for text,
arash "moeen"
turns out as
arash \\\"moeen\\\"
How can I fix this?

arash moeen
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