Double Quotes in Constraint Expressions

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DAP 3.2

Double quotes (") can be used to quote any identifier in a Constrain Expression.

Rationale

Many data sets us identifier names which contain characters other than those that qualify as an identifier in a programming language like C. For example, using an ampersand (&) in a variable name will cause a conflict with the meaning of an ampersand as a prefix AND operator in the CE's selection clause. Enclosing the identifier name in double quotes resolves the ambiguity. The same can be said for other DAP/CE meta-characters like the dot (.) which serves as a separator for the name of a Structure, et c., and its fields.

examples

Implementation Note

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