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Which way is preferable, apostroph or double quotation mark?

 
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DanRRight



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:56 am    Post subject: Which way is preferable, apostroph or double quotation mark? Reply with quote
The codes below both work OK but which way would be considered preferable? Which one is considered a major and which secondary? This one is right
Code:
     call winop@ ('%PL[axes_pen=2,frame, framed, frame_pen=2, width=2]')
     i = winio@  ('%PV%PL[x_axis="Time", y_axis= "Energy", x_array, scale=linear]%ff&',  900, 600, N, X, Y)

or this:
Code:
     call winop@ ("%PL[axes_pen=2,frame, framed, frame_pen=2, width=2]")     
     i = winio@  ("%PV%PL[x_axis='Time', y_axis= 'Energy', x_array, scale=linear]%ff&",  900, 600, N, X, Y) 


I think in the future even AI will be confused. It is better to define it than to have a total freedom/mess

Last edited by DanRRight on Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:18 am; edited 1 time in total
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PaulLaidler
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is no preference. The Fortran Standard allows both forms.
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LitusSaxonicum



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dan,

As like me you are an oldie, use the single quotes until you want to display a single quote mark. A good example is for degrees, minutes and seconds where you could use "'" for minutes (double-single-double), and '"' for seconds (single-double-single). I think that is clearer than repeating the single like this '''' (single-single-single-single) for minutes.

On the other hand, if you use grads or gons with milligrads or milligons, then you have none of the degrees, minutes, seconds problem, but you do need to check the language of your user to determine if they call it a grad or a gon!

Eddie
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