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Adi
Adi

Reputation: 68

TCL lindex removes quotes from list element

I have a list where some elements are strings where I need them to be enclosed in quotation marks.

If I iterate over the list and puts each element to the terminal the output looks correct. However, if I lindex to a specific element which is enclosed in quote marks, the quote marks disappear.

Example code:

set myList [list "BUILD_PROJ \"I have quotes\""]

foreach element $myList {
    puts [lindex $element 1]    
    puts [lindex $element]    
}

Outputs:

I have quotes
BUILD_PROJ "I have quotes"

How do I get a specific lindexed element from a list to keep its quotation marks?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 408

Answers (1)

Adi
Adi

Reputation: 68

My bad, getting mixed up with separators. I think escaping the quotation marks was effectively giving me a list with a single element. Updated to this:

set myList [list "BUILD_PROJ" "\"I have quotes\""]

puts $myList
puts [lindex $myList 0]
puts [lindex $myList 1]

And now the output is as I expect:

BUILD_PROJ {"I have quotes"}
BUILD_PROJ
"I have quotes"

Upvotes: 0

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