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<TITLE>STRING</TITLE>
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<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" fgcolor="#000000">
<P><A NAME="string"></A>
<font size="+3" color="green"><B>STRING</B></font></P>
<P>
<TABLE border="1" cols="2" frame="box" rules="all" width="572">
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<TD width="15%" valign="top"><B>Syntax</B>:</TD>
<TD width="85%"><CODE>
quote_string = STRING(string)</CODE>
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</table></p>
<p>
The <CODE>STRING</CODE> function is useful in command scripts,
where you want to pass a string to the script as a parameter, without enclosing it in quotes.
For example, <CODE>@script test</CODE> where <CODE>script.pcm</CODE>
is as follows:</p>
<p>
<font color="blue"><pre>
x = string(?1)//' is a quote string'
display x
</pre></font></p>
<p>
would display <font color="orange">test is a quote string</font></p>
<p>
The key element here is that the user does not have to supply the quotes around the
parameter <CODE>test</CODE>.</p>
<p>
<font size="+1" color="green">Examples</font></P>
<p>
<table>
<tr>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFFF"><em>input</em></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FF9966"><em>result</em></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><CODE>STRING(test case)</CODE></td>
<td><font color="orange">'test case'</font></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><CODE>STRING(test)</CODE></td>
<td><font color="orange">'test'</font></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><CODE>STRING('test')</CODE></td>
<td><font color="orange">'test'</font></td>
</tr></table></p>
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