The is a very simple echo statement but I can't solve it?
echo '"What is your name?'";
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A:
Mismatch of single quotes, use this:
echo '"What is your name?"';
Your first enclosing character was single quote but ending one was double quote causing the problem
Sarfraz
2010-06-07 05:25:55
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A:
Your single quote (') is misplaced at the end.
Your corrected syntax is this
echo '"What is your name?"';
Starx
2010-06-07 05:26:09
+7
A:
Incorrect:
echo '"What is your name?'";
^ Unexpected character
Correct:
echo '"What is your name?';
Correct:
echo "What is your name?";
Correct:
echo 'What is your name?';
Correct:
echo '"What is your name?"';
Correct:
echo "'What is your name?'";
Dolph
2010-06-07 05:37:44
@Sarfraz - how do you figure that? How do you know he doesn't want the single quotes in the string?
nickf
2010-06-07 05:45:37
@nickf: I did not say he doesn't want single quotes, I meant he needs his string inside the double quotes something that can be seen from his code, only that he placed ending single quotes wrongly, basically he seems to echo it like this `"What is your name?"`, see double quotes included in the *output*. Something that can be figured out from his code `'"What is your name?"';`
Sarfraz
2010-06-07 05:48:05
@sarfraz: `only that he placed ending single quotes wrongly` .. or the starting single quotes were placed wrongly...
nickf
2010-06-07 07:09:02
+1
A:
This is where your interpreter is choking:
echo '"What is your name?'";
expecting ; not "
Babiker
2010-06-07 06:03:29
+1
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echo "What is your name?";
This is Simply the best. No confusion No problem..:)
Neeraj
2010-06-07 09:26:40