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--- tips:quotesinstrings [2015/02/06 16:16] – [Apostrophes, Quotes, and Braces (Oh, my!)] jt3
+++ tips:quotesinstrings [2015/02/06 16:19] (current) – [Apostrophes, Quotes, and Braces (Oh, my!)] jt3
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    string.len('This way to John's house')
 Everything is great until you hit that apostrophe in the word "John's".  Suddenly, the string function thinks that it's reached the end of the string, and all hell breaks loose.  Okay, not really, but the formula will certainly fail.
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    string.sub([[{c1t}]],1,15)
+This way, your text item can have quotes OR apostrophies, and it will still be fine.  It can't have double-brackets, but if you're in the habit of doing that in your calendar items... well... stop it!