Why not make this by the same way as in other languages?
For example, in SQL Server I can use following:
MyString = 'Ed''s new book "How to confuse FoxPro"'

In VFP I cannot make string constant that contains all ', " and [] characters :(

>>I have been looking through some code and have found the following:
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>>m.lookup = [ text text text ]
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>>When I tried this, it seems that it has made it a text variable.
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>>I have looked on MSDN library for some documentation on this, since I have never seen this, and could not find anything.
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>>Could anyone point me to documentation for this or explain when and why you would use the above?
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>VFP offers the option of encapsulating strings in three ways - using single quotes - ' text text text ', double quotes - " text text text " or matched pairs of square brackets - [ text text text ]
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>The reason you'd choose one over the other is ease of use - if you wanted to place the phrase Ed's new book "How to confuse FoxPro" in a single string, and you didn't have the option of using square braces, you'd have to split up the string. You can do:
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>cMyString = [Ed's new book "How to confuse FoxPro"]
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>or
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>cMyString = "Ed's new book " + '"How to confuse FoxPro"'
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>to avoid having the parser misinterpret the string. It's a matter of flexibility, and has been a standard for Fox and other dBASE-derived languages for as long as I can remember.