how to find " on string

how to find " on string

[Renato Pontefice]

ok, with this elisp,

(defun my-working-code ()
  "Some really useful thing."
  (interactive)
  (while (and (not (eobp))
              (search-forward "[-" nil 'move))
    (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
    (unless (looking-at "-]")
      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
      (recursive-edit)))) I can find for all I need to search.
I look for many char that I'm looking for.
I've added some char ( (skip-chars-forward "A-Z_\\(0-9\)"))

I would also look for ", but I can't find the char that indicate that. Wich one is it?


TIA

Renato

Re: how to find " on string

[sokobania.01]

Just backquote the quote character inside the string like this:

(setq my-str "a string with \"quoted quotes\" and other chars")
(setq a-quote "\"") ; just a quote character

Re: how to find " on string

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:

> ok, with this elisp,
>
> (defun my-working-code ()
>   "Some really useful thing."
>   (interactive)
>   (while (and (not (eobp))
>               (search-forward "[-" nil 'move))
>     (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
>     (unless (looking-at "-]")
>       (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
>       (recursive-edit)))) I can find for all I need to search.
> I look for many char that I'm looking for.
> I've added some char ( (skip-chars-forward "A-Z_\\(0-9\)"))
>
> I would also look for ", but I can't find the char that indicate that. Wich one is it?

Probably just an escaped double-quote: \"

Also, your skip-chars-forward looks funny, you've double-backslashed the
opening parenthesis but single-backslashed the closing, while according to
the docstring of skip-chars-forward you probably need neither: A-Z0-9_\"
might be all you need. Try that and see.

Eric

Re: how to find " on string

[Renato Pontefice]

Il giorno martedì 16 settembre 2014 14:30:59 UTC+2, Eric Abrahamsen ha scritto:
> Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> 
> > ok, with this elisp,
> 
> >
> 
> > (defun my-working-code ()
> 
> >   "Some really useful thing."
> 
> >   (interactive)
> 
> >   (while (and (not (eobp))
> 
> >               (search-forward "[-" nil 'move))
> 
> >     (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
> >     (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
> >       (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
> >       (recursive-edit)))) I can find for all I need to search.
> 
> > I look for many char that I'm looking for.
> 
> > I've added some char ( (skip-chars-forward "A-Z_\\(0-9\)"))
> 
> >
> 
> > I would also look for ", but I can't find the char that indicate that. Wich one is it?
> 
> 
> 
> Probably just an escaped double-quote: \"
> 
> 
> 
> Also, your skip-chars-forward looks funny, you've double-backslashed the
> 
> opening parenthesis but single-backslashed the closing, while according to
> 
> the docstring of skip-chars-forward you probably need neither: A-Z0-9_\"
> 
> might be all you need. Try that and see.
> 
> 
> 
> Eric

nothing works...:-(
maybe I made some mistake.

Can someone add, in thist line of code

(skip-chars-forward "A-Z_\\(0-9\)")

the right char to skip the " (double quote) ?

TIA

Re: how to find " on string

[sokobania.01]

Le mardi 16 septembre 2014 15:35:47 UTC+2, Renato Pontefice a écrit :

> nothing works...:-(
> maybe I made some mistake.
> Can someone add, in thist line of code
> (skip-chars-forward "A-Z_\\(0-9\)")
> the right char to skip the " (double quote) ?

Have you read my previous post?
Have you read Eric Abrahamsen's last post?

Have you tried (skip-chars-forward "A-Z_0-9\"") ?

Re: how to find " on string

[Renato Pontefice]

Il giorno martedì 16 settembre 2014 16:27:44 UTC+2, sokoba...@gmail.com ha scritto:
> Le mardi 16 septembre 2014 15:35:47 UTC+2, Renato Pontefice a écrit :
> 
> 
> 
> > nothing works...:-(
> 
> > maybe I made some mistake.
> 
> > Can someone add, in thist line of code
> 
> > (skip-chars-forward "A-Z_\\(0-9\)")
> 
> > the right char to skip the " (double quote) ?
> 
> 
> 
> Have you read my previous post?
> 
> Have you read Eric Abrahamsen's last post?
> 
> 
> 
> Have you tried (skip-chars-forward "A-Z_0-9\"") ?

Yes,
I have done all. 
MORE I've anderstund what I made wrong. :-(
the character intercepted, was not the ", but another one (it's difficult for me, why. But, trust me, it was another ;-) .

Now, I've understand the error... and all works great!

Thaks to all

Renato