parentheses within string break value()

[Scott Rossi]

Is 123 a function?  If yes, I believe you need to remove the quotes surrounding it.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media UX/UI Design

> On Oct 24, 2015, at 5:46 PM, Dr. Hawkins <dochawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am finding that parentheses within strings break value()
> 
> put  value ("Abc" & 45 & "123(def)")
> 
> 
> produces
> 
> 
> Script compile error:
> 
> Error description: local: not a valid variable or constant name
> 
> 
> If I escape it as
> 
> put  value ("Abc" & 45 & "123\(def\)")
> 
> 
> it produces
> 
> Abc45123
> 
> I don't think that either of these is correct, or am I missing something?
> 
> I am trying to assemble strings which have variable names using custom
> properties for using in database queries, such as
> 
> "SELECT foo FROM " & tableName & " WHERE bar > 7;"
> 
> 
> and in my learned paranoia, I want to wrap each condition with parentheses
> when I have more than one (I got tired of remembering precedence rules for
> each language, and which ones are screwy, and . . .)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
> (702) 508-8462
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