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function q
-- utility function to evaluate and quote arguments
-- Example: q(a,1+1,...,z) -> "a","2",...,"z"
-- Author: Mark G. Mendel, GENIE: MGM, uucp: umn-cs.MN.ORG!hyper!mark
put quote & param(1) & quote into res
repeat with i = 2 to the paramCount
  put "," & quote & param(i) & quote after res
end repeat
return res
end q



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This card's script contains the very short but very useful function  Q().

Q() takes a  variable number of arguments and returns a string containing the arguments values quoted and separated by commas.

Q() is particularly usefull with the "Send" and "Do" commands.

Using it allows one to transform expressions like:

    do "boo " &  quote & 2+2 & quote & "," & quote & the Date & quote

into

    do "boo " & q(2+2,the Date)