Warner Onstine wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I'm just hoping there's a better solution to this. I am trying to do this:
>
> #set ($catLink = "<a href='$linkStr'>$category.Name</a>")
>
> But, I don't want the href to contain single quotes, but instead double
> quotes. I've looked through the docs and haven't found anything related to
> this.
>
> Everything that I've tried so far has either resulted in a bad link or an
> error, any help would be appreciated.
>
> -warner
I assume you would want to do something like :
#set( $catLink = "<a href=\"$linkStr\">$category.Name</a>" )
?
I am asking because I have been playing with this for a while, but can't
make up my mind if I like it, and therefore haven't proposed it...
It solves this problem well, but its another nudge in the direction of
'programming', I think... (Like I said, I can't make up my mind about
this...)
There are other solutions, such as Jon's #macro() approach, or Patrick's
String.concat()-o-rama.
You could also
#set($dq = '"')
#set($catlink = "<a href=$dq$linkStr$dq>$category.Name</a>")
and I think for speed, the VM would be fastest over the long term.
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