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QUOTE/APOST

Use QUOTE if you want the figurative constant [ALL] QUOTE or [ALL] QUOTES to represent one or more quotation mark (“) characters. Use APOST if you want the figurative constant [ALL] QUOTE or [ALL] QUOTES to represent one or more single quotation mark (') characters.

QUOTE/APOST option syntax
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram   .-QUOTE-.  
>>-+-------+---------------------------------------------------><
   '-APOST-'  
 

Default is: QUOTE

Abbreviations are: Q|APOST

Delimiters: You can use either quotation marks or single quotation marks as literal delimiters regardless of whether the APOST or QUOTE option is in effect. The delimiter character used as the opening delimiter for a literal must be used as the closing delimiter for that literal.


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