I see.
You are looking to find the escape sequence.
I tried x := ‘Transcript show: \’abc\’.’.
But that doesn’t work.
I’m only a beginner myself. I wonder where the others are in this group?
Sincerely,
Joseph.
> On Dec 28, 2016, at 10:42 PM, obrienj [via Smalltalk]
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> I'm not trying to join anything. I want to put Transcript show: 'abc'.
> (including the period) into string x.
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> A simpler example: x := 'abc.'. puts abc. into x, so why doesn't x :=
> ''abc'.' put 'abc.' into x (the single quotes are part of the string)?
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>> Local Time: December 28, 2016 3:49 PM
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>> I think you are using the period as a join operator. The join operator is a
>> comma.
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>> > On Dec 28, 2016, at 4:26 PM, obrienj [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]>
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>> > Why does the x := 'Transcript show: 'abc'.'. yield x := 'Transcript show:
>> > 'abc Nothing more expected ->'.'. ?
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