I have the problem when coding the VBScript. It seems I can not call any function like Trim( "String") if the String value have a double quote(s). Could you help me to get around with it or replace the double quote with 2 single quote' ' before i can pass the string.

Below is the code i got error "Compilation error 1025"

stMyVariable = " My text or number " value here "
Msgbox "The string after converting is: " &Trim(stMyVariable)

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks many in advance


Have a great day
Myer

Below code replaces double quotes with single quotes:

Dim strMyVariable As String
strMyVariable = "D""souza"
strMyVariable = Replace(strMyVariable, Chr(34), Chr(39))
MsgBox "Output :: " & Trim(strMyVariable)

Best Regards
Vadivel

MVP ASP/ASP.NET
http://vadivel.thinkingms.com

Spell Check
Thank you so much for your help but I think I did not make myself clear.
Your code is working fine with 2 double quotes in a string but my text actually like this below with your guidance and I got the compilation error:

Dim strMyVariable
strMyVariable = "NEW Craftsman Microtork 3/8" Torque Wrench"
strMyVariable = Replace(strMyVariable, Chr(34), Chr(39))
MsgBox "Output :: " & Trim(strMyVariable)

However if I add one more double quote right after 3/8" (3/8"") then it working fine. Unfortunately my string have to be one single double quote.

So go back to the first question, How can I get rid off a single double quote in string text before and I can call a function Trim(strMyVariable), or some ways to work around it via VBScript? This is only language that I know and use now. I can't you VB.

Thank you so much in advance for helping me out since I stuck with coding and it seems I can go any further if this problem won't be solved unless I have to learn another language which is very hard for me.

Richard Myer


Note:
   "NEW Craftsman Microtork 3/8" Torque Wrench" can be any title with double quote stand for inch like this:
   "Brand New TV Sony 32" SRTVDV-Flat Panel"

Have a great day
Myer

Change " to inch, or in.

Like this:

"NEW Craftsman Microtork 3/8in. Torque Wrench"

or

"Brand New TV Sony 32inch SRTVDV-Flat Panel"



mmcdonal

in php5 instead of doing "this" we do <<<this for double quote ; i don't know whether it works on vbscript or not but you just check this out.

Myer,

It is the actual syntax of your code which is causing the error. Vadivel is correct in that the actual string you are putting in the code should have double quotes escaped as two double quotes. Putting 2 double quotes in does not mean that the value of the variable now contains 2 double quotes - it tells the vbscript parser to treat them as being 1 double quote character within the string.
So if you want the double quote to be in the string of your original code, you must escape it as so:

This will show the output with just a single quote:
NEW Craftsman Microtork 3/8' Torque Wrench

Phil

P.S. @Sandeep, I assume you are referring to the PHP heredoc syntax where you can spread string variables over multiple lines. This isn't available in vbscript.

Philip is of course right.

Your error has *NOTHING* to do with the REPLACE call.

Your error is on *THIS* line:
Just create an ASP page with *ONLY* that line in it. Nothing more:
You *WILL* get a COMPILER error. And when you get a compiler error, that means the code will not even *BEGIN* to run. You must get rid of all compiler errors before a page can even start to make calls to functions like REPLACE.

So listen to the advice you have been given. *IT IS CORRECT*.

BUT...

But do *NOT* listen to the suggestions that you do
If you do that, your MsgBox would then display
And I am SURE that you don't want a 3/8 of a FOOT torque wrench.

Sandeep: No. Not even close to PHP syntax. At all.