questions about double quotation marks

[berniebernie]

Hello everyone!
i have a problem with double quotation marks.i want write a MEL to create a Expression on
a model,and wrote these:

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s

"
setAttr -type "string" textForBevel1.text "Maya";

"



-o ($slee[0]) -ae 1 -uc all ;

but it seemed that " can`t run like that .so how can i write these MEL include "" in a ""?

escape your " with backslashes setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";

[NeroBlack]

escape your " with backslashes setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";
i run
string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"
setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";
"

-o ($slee[0]) -ae 1 -uc all ;
it returns
// Error: " //
// Error: Unterminated string. //
:curious:

[Fumetsu]

setAttr -type \"string\"

Hello,

I don't think you should include the backslashes there. Try this:

setAttr -type "string" textForBevel1.text "\"Maya\"";

Edit: Edited to make some changes

[berniebernie]

it works as a one liner

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s "setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";" -o ($slee[0]) -ae 1 -uc all ;


(or at least an expression gets written)

[jaydru]

if you want to break the string over a few lines then use an escape character at the end of each line

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"\
setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";\
"

[NeroBlack]

it works as a one liner

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s "setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";" -o ($slee[0]) -ae 1 -uc all ;


(or at least an expression gets written)

thank you very much berniebernie!that`s so helpful!:cool:

[NeroBlack]

if you want to break the string over a few lines then use an escape character at the end of each line

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"\
setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";\
"
thank U jaydru!
it means i could write lot of lines of expression in the MEL,so interesting!:beer:

[NeroBlack]

if you want to break the string over a few lines then use an escape character at the end of each line

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"\
setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text \"Maya\";\
"
i run this:

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"\
int $counter = 101 - time;
setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text int $counter;\
"
it returns
// Error: "\ //
// Error: Unterminated string. //
oh i`m crasy T T...

[NeroBlack]

ok i got it!
string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"int $counter = 101 - time;\r\setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text $counter;"

[jaydru]

i run this:

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"\
int $counter = 101 - time;
setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text int $counter;\
"
it returns
// Error: "\ //
// Error: Unterminated string. //
oh i`m crasy T T...

like i said use an escape character at the end of EACH LINE, you didnt do this

string $slee[] = `ls -sl`;
expression -s
"\
int $counter = 101 - time;\ <--- you forgot this one
setAttr -type \"string\" textForBevel1.text int $counter;\
"

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