From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2007-08-17T00:39:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Double quote escape character

Alvaro Perez wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to export a string to a excel file using fastercsv and I
> wanted it double quote to make it safer. So i tried to use the escape
> character \" to insert double quotes but it doesn't work:
> 
> - string produces string with no quotes in the file
> 
> - "\"" << string << "\"" produces """string"""
> 
> - "\"" + string + "\"" produces """string"""
> 
> I have no idea on how to solve this.
You don't need to quote your output - FasterCSV quotes it iff necessary. 
  Try sticking a '"' in the middle of your string and see what it does.

-- 
Alex