Did you try making the quote line read: $field = qq(This is the string "which" contains the quotes);
??? That's the trick I always use. John -----Original Message----- From: Sara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 16:56 To: beginners-cgi Subject: quotes problem ########################## use CGI; $q = new CGI; my $field = $q->param('field'); print qq| $field |; ######################### # Lets Suppose the form Input contains the quotes in the string e.g. $field = "This is the string "which" contains the quotes"; The script stops printing everything after first quote ("), I KNOW where the problem is but at a loss to prevent it as I have tried all the options Any help!!!. thanks, Sara. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]