Specifying descriptions in keyword parameters
If a description (a string of text) for a parameter begins with a single or double quotation mark, or contains any embedded blanks or equal signs, you must surround the value with either single (') or double (") quotation marks.
About this task
The opening and closing quotation marks must be the same type of quotation marks. For example, if the opening quotation is a single quotation mark, the closing quotation mark must also be a single quotation mark.
For
example, to register a new client node named Louie, with a password of secret,
and with his title included as contact information, enter:
register node louie secret contact="manager of dept. 61f"The following table presents ways of entering a description for the CONTACT parameter. The value can contain quotation marks, embedded blanks, or equal signs.
| For this description | Enter this |
|---|---|
| manager | contact=manager |
| manager's | contact="manager's" or contact='manager"s' |
| "manager" | contact='"manager"' or contact="""manager""" |
| manager's report | contact="manager's report" or contact='manager''s report' |
| manager's "report" | contact='manager''s "report"' |
| manager=dept. 61f | contact='manager=dept. 61f' |
| manager reports to dept. 61f | contact='manager reports to dept. 61f' or contact="manager reports to dept. 61f" |