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joonstar
03-20-2006, 10:02 AM
The following quote contains double quotation marks.
(1) "Congratulations!"
Let's suppose I have the quote (1) above.
In order to put the quote above into an input box,
I have to surround the quote (1) above with single quotation marks like the follow because it has double quotation marks.
code

<input type="text" value='"Congratulations!"'>

browsing result

"Congratulations!"

The following quote (2) contains a single quotation mark, i.e. apostrophe.
(2) John's wife said.

Let's suppose I have the quote (2) above.
In order to put the quote above (2) into an input box,
I have to surround the quote (2) above with single quotation marks like the follow because it has a single quotation mark(apostrophe).

code

<input type="text" value="John's wife said.">

browsing result

John's wife said.


The following quote (3) contains a single quotation mark and double quotation marks together.


(3) "Congratulations!" John's wife said.

In order to put the quote above (2) into an input box,
I tried the followings.
trial (1) - surrounding with double quotation marks

<input type="text" value=""Congratulations!" John's wife said.">

browsing result(1)

nothing
trial (2) - surrounding with single quotation marks

<input type="text" value='"Congratulations!" John's wife said.'>

browsing result(2)

"Congratulations!" John
trial (3) - surrounding with no quotation mark

<input type="text" value="Congratulations!" John's wife said.>

browsing result (3)

Congratulations!

How can I get my target browsing result below?

target browsing result

"Congratulations!" John's wife said.

Nightfire
03-20-2006, 10:14 AM
You could use:


<input type="text" value="&quot;Congratulations!&quot; John's wife said.">

ronaldb66
03-20-2006, 11:55 AM
Or, probably more appropriate:

“ (double left quotation mark) and ” (double right quotation mark), resp. ’ (single right quotation mark).