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From: Dennis Rose Dennis on 2 Jun 2010 12:31 I need to use the following string as a "Search String" in an Instr instruction: <name part="first"> The quotes around the word "first" are causing the instruction to fail. How can I test for this Search String? I have checked Google and tried single quotes and double quotes and chr(34) around around the word "first" all with no success. The code I am using is" SearchString = "<name part="first">" StringPos = Instr(1, InputDataLine, StringSearch) If StringPos > 0 then ...... Please help!!
From: Patrice on 2 Jun 2010 12:42 Hello, > <name part="first"> > > The quotes around the word "first" are causing the instruction to fail. You can include " in a literal string by using "" (double the double quote character). Here it will be : SearchString = "<name part=""first"">" > I have checked Google and tried single quotes and double quotes and > chr(34) > around around the word "first" all with no success. If you really tried SearchString = "<name part=""first"">" then it could be be that you really don't have this string in "InputDataLine". For example could it be that you are searching actually for : <name part="first"/> Note the trailing /> rather than just > What if you try with hardcoded values to make sure this is not just that InputDataLine doesn't contain what you think ? -- Patrice
From: Bob Butler on 2 Jun 2010 12:44 "Dennis Rose" <Dennis Rose(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1EDE11CE-8D50-4A18-B59C-95C45B849EFC(a)microsoft.com... >I need to use the following string as a "Search String" in an Instr > instruction: > > <name part="first"> > > The quotes around the word "first" are causing the instruction to fail. > > How can I test for this Search String? > > I have checked Google and tried single quotes and double quotes and > chr(34) > around around the word "first" all with no success. > > The code I am using is" > SearchString = "<name part="first">" SearchString = "<name part=""first"">" ' two quotes in a row gives one quote in the result > StringPos = Instr(1, InputDataLine, StringSearch) > If StringPos > 0 then ...... > > Please help!!
From: Helmut Meukel on 2 Jun 2010 13:57 "Dennis Rose" <Dennis Rose(a)discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1EDE11CE-8D50-4A18-B59C-95C45B849EFC(a)microsoft.com... >I need to use the following string as a "Search String" in an Instr > instruction: > > <name part="first"> > > The quotes around the word "first" are causing the instruction to fail. > > How can I test for this Search String? > > I have checked Google and tried single quotes and double quotes and chr(34) > around around the word "first" all with no success. > > The code I am using is" > SearchString = "<name part="first">" > StringPos = Instr(1, InputDataLine, StringSearch) > If StringPos > 0 then ...... > As Patric and Bob already showed you, double double quotes will do. This will work too: SearchString = "<name part=" & chr(34) & "first" & chr(34) & ">" Helmut.
From: Dennis Rose on 2 Jun 2010 14:02
Thanks for the reply. I can see <name part="first"> in the data string that I am searching so I know it is there. I tried it again and it does not work with double quotes around the word "first". "Patrice" wrote: > Hello, > > > <name part="first"> > > > > The quotes around the word "first" are causing the instruction to fail. > > You can include " in a literal string by using "" (double the double quote > character). Here it will be : > > SearchString = "<name part=""first"">" > > > I have checked Google and tried single quotes and double quotes and > > chr(34) > > around around the word "first" all with no success. > > If you really tried > > SearchString = "<name part=""first"">" then it could be be that you really > don't have this string in "InputDataLine". > > For example could it be that you are searching actually for : > <name part="first"/> > > Note the trailing /> rather than just > > > What if you try with hardcoded values to make sure this is not just that > InputDataLine doesn't contain what you think ? > > -- > Patrice > > > > . > |