[jawsscripts] Re: Putting a slash at the end of a text string

Doug,

Yes, I did mean backslash. Now I feel silly. I'll try that and let you 
know if it work. Why does it need two of them though?

Sue B.

Doug Lee wrote:
> If you actually mean a backslash, type two of them where you only want
> one.
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 07:48:21PM -0400, Sue B wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I hope someone here has a good answer to this question. I was creating a 
> script in which I was holding a text string in a variable. The string of 
> text ended in a forward slash. The problem was that the file would not 
> save and compile when the slash was there. Now this string was a path 
> statement so it had three other forward slashes in it and these didn't 
> seem to be a problem, just the one at the end. I won't bore all of you 
> with the specifics of the script or why the slash had to be at the end 
> of the string, but take my word for it the reason for doing this would 
> have saved my user some time while completing a repetitive task if I can 
> make it work. Any suggestions will be much appreciated. Can I use an 
> ascii representation of this character to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
>
> Sue B.
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