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str_get_sq

Returns the single quote (') character as a string.

Available in version 6.1.0 and later.

Prototype

	function str_get_sq (
	)

	return_val [1] :  string

Description

This function returns a one-character string containing the single quote (').

NCL cannot generate a single quote string using normal string assignment. This function gives a quick/direct way to get a single quote string.

The result of str_get_sq() is same as tostring(tochar(39)).

See Also

show_ascii, str_get_dq, str_get_tab, str_get_nl

Examples

Example

 sq = str_get_sq()
 print("<" + sq + ">")
 print("sq = <" + tostring(tochar(39)) + ">")
Output:
(0)     <'>
(0)     sq = <'>