old syntax "q"

[Nakia]

Hi,

I am trying to get an old .rev library up and running and its spewing out a few syntax errors.
It seems there is a "q" character being used a lot and I am wondering if it is old syntax (maybe for 'quote'??) from the runrev days.

Below is an example from the library:

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put "-X =" && q(sCurlPool[pCurl]["method"]) & cr after tConfig

[Klaus]

Hi Nakia,

yep, "quote" is correct

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function q tString
  return QUOTE & tString & QUOTE
end q

Best

Klaus

[Nakia]

So was this an old 'built in' function that used to exist from the runrev days?

Any advice on how I update the entire stack to deal with this? Maybe just add that function?

[jacque]

It was never built-in, it's just so commonly used that some authors forget to include the function in their sample scripts. Just add the function to your code, everyone else does.

It's a shortcut so you don't have to write things like this:

put quote & "This is a" && tNoun & comma & quote && "he said."