Windows - Need to process quotes in string...

[Ernesto]

I'm trying to use a $ delimeter, but it doesn't seem to work. Here is
the code:


launchWithoutCo nsole("devcon.e xe",d'$enable
"@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"$)

I want to send the string parameter:

enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"

to the program devcon.

The argument itself is a string, but has quotes inside too. I've tried
it many different ways and I keep getting syntax errors.

Thanks,

[Sybren Stuvel]

Re: Windows - Need to process quotes in string...

Ernesto enlightened us with:[color=blue]
> I'm trying to use a $ delimeter[/color]

Why?
[color=blue]
> I want to send the string parameter:
>
> enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"[/color]

launchWithoutCo nsole("devcon.e xe"
'enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"')

Or, if you should also be able to send single quotes:

launchWithoutCo nsole("devcon.e xe"
'''enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"''')
[color=blue]
> The argument itself is a string, but has quotes inside too.[/color]

Then use other quotes as string delimiters. Why would you use
something else?

Sybren
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[Francesco Bochicchio]

Re: Windows - Need to process quotes in string...

Il Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:18:31 -0800, Ernesto ha scritto:
[color=blue]
> I'm trying to use a $ delimeter, but it doesn't seem to work. Here is
> the code:
>
>
> launchWithoutCo nsole("devcon.e xe",d'$enable
> "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"$)
>
> I want to send the string parameter:
>
> enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"
>
> to the program devcon.
>
> The argument itself is a string, but has quotes inside too. I've tried
> it many different ways and I keep getting syntax errors.
>
> Thanks,[/color]

Use the single quote to delimit the string, so you can use the double
quote inside it. Like this:

'enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"'

Ciao
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[Ernesto]

Re: Windows - Need to process quotes in string...

Thanks.

[Tim Roberts]

Re: Windows - Need to process quotes in string...

>Ernesto enlightened us with:[color=blue][color=green]
>>
>>I'm trying to use a $ delimeter, but it doesn't seem to work. Here is
>>the code:
>>
>>
>>launchWithout Console("devcon .exe",d'$enable
>> "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"$)[/color][/color]

Where did you get the idea that this would work? I can't find any
references to a "customizab le string delimiter" in any Python up through
2.4.2. I recall it being proposed at one point, but I don't think it was
ever seriously considered.
[color=blue][color=green]
>> I want to send the string parameter:
>>
>> enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"[/color][/color]

Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOUR thirdtower.com. imagination> wrote:[color=blue]
>
>launchWithoutC onsole("devcon. exe",
> 'enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"')[/color]

This is not correct. It might accidentally work because \V is not a
defined escape sequence, but the right answer is either:

launchWithoutCo nsole("devcon.e xe",
'enable "@USB\\VID_0403 &PID_6010&MI_00 \\7&15E4F68&1&0 000"')

or

launchWithoutCo nsole("devcon.e xe",
r'enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010&MI_00\ 7&15E4F68&1&000 0"')

However, devcon.exe supports regular expressions, and is forgiving about
syntax. If you have only one such device, you could use:

launchWithoutCo nsole("devcon.e xe",
r'enable "@USB\VID_0403& PID_6010*"')
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