Jim,

I think there is an other differences. I think strings elcosed in quotes are ignored by the complier, so define constants are not replaced, but strings enclosed in brackets can contain and be replaced by define constants.

>>Hi all,
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>>A while back, when getting into WebConnect, I found liberal use of square brackets where I had expected to see quotes (single or double). I knew these substituted nicely for parentheses in array coding but was totally surprised by this other usage.
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>>I've played around with these a bit and find them (square brackets) equivalent to quotes of either variety.
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>>Is this a correct conclusion?. . . Is this documented somewhere (a search of MSDN (July 2000) and Hacker's revealed virtually nothing)? . . . Are there things to watch out for?
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>>Thanks for any comments,
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>>JimN
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>Jim,
>I only found one mention of it. Search on
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>"Creating Character Expressions"
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>It is mentioned as a way of including single or double quotes in a string literal.