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Old 03-17-2016, 01:18 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Toxaris View Post
Absolutely true, it is also depending on the language. I use multiple S&R commands to get it right. You can do it all automatic, as lang as you program it right.
It really is almost impossible to get it right programmatically. Consider the following:

What the 'ell are you doin'?

and:

'Today is Thursday', he said.

Same pattern of quotes, but the first example has two closing quotes, while the second has an opening and a closing quote. Any tool should get the second example right. It's the first one that'll break the automated tool and need to be corrected manually.

Toxaris, how would you distinguish between these two cases, programmatically?

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