string manipulation question

[Tony Ryder]

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[mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth
Brody
Sent: Saturday, 11 December 2004 11:12 AM
To: Robert Haussmann
Cc: filepro-list at seaslug.org
Subject: Re: string manipulation question


Robert Haussmann wrote:
> 
> I'm sure there is probably a very easy way to do the following, but it

> eludes me at the moment.  How can I take a string, and replace every 
> instance of one character (a single quotation mark) with two
> characters (two single quotes)?
> 
> In other words:
>         O'Brian becomes O''Brian
>         O'Brian's becomes O''Brian''s

As long as you don't want to computer two quotes into four, use the
following edit:

    { {!" "!}@ | "'"<"'"> | * }

This will convert one single-quote into two, and it will leave two
single-quotes as two.

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I do not understand what the @ sign does in this edit.

Tony Ryder