How o add apostrophe (') in a char or string array

371 views (last 30 days)
I'm using SIMULINK, in the mask of the block I have created a button that opens a dialog box searches for file using 'uigetfile' in return I get [filename] which is character. I want to display that [filename] as 'filename' with apostrophes in an Edit Box parameter. So that my code can pick 'filename' as string value.

Accepted Answer

Stephen23
Stephen23 on 22 Jun 2016
Edited: Stephen23 on 22 Jun 2016
You need to escape the apostrophe by using it twice:
>> '''hello'''
ans = 'hello'
>> sprintf('''%s''','hello')
ans = 'hello'
This is explained in the documentation:
  2 Comments
Sultan
Sultan on 22 Jun 2016
Thanks a lot that worked well. However from your Answer, i also figured this one out
s='''';
strcat(s,'hello',s)
>> 'hello'
typing four times Apostrophe.
Guillaume
Guillaume on 22 Jun 2016
There's mainly only two schools in how you introduce delimiter characters in strings:
  • double the delimiter. This is the way used by matlab, VB, and ?
  • use an escape character (usually \). This is used by pretty much all the other languages, C languages, Java, Python, PHP, etc.

Sign in to comment.

More Answers (0)

Categories

Find more on Simulink Environment Customization in Help Center and File Exchange

Products

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!