Topic: how to strcat a double quote

[curmudgeon]

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(action_tile "rb1" "(setq suffix \"\")")
.....
(setq wall_width "8")(setq wall_height "9")
(setq txt (strcat wall_width " X " wall_height "'H CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL" suffix))

returns
"8 X 9'H CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL"

I want to insert an inch mark after the 8, like this.
"8" X 9'H CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL"

cannot remember this morning how to get the special character after the 8.

[Lee Mac]

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(strcat wall_width "\" X " wall_height "'H CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL" suffix)

[curmudgeon]

that's exactly what I tried the first time, and I get a slash character with it
"8\" X 9'H CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL"

[curmudgeon]

so sorry. was being silly.
when that slash gets passed through entmake it of course goes away.

 

[Lee Mac]

Perhaps have a read of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character