Looking for Quotes in String Variables

[Erika Kociolek]

How can I have Stata look for a quote (") in a string variable?

I tried writing the following, but am getting an error, "too few quotes."

count if regexm(Var1, "'")

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Erika

[Clyde Schechter]

count if regexm(Var1, `"""')

Note: You will probably go blind trying to look at that mess and figure it out. Copy and paste it to be sure to get it right.

See -help quotes-, and particularly the part about compound double quotes.

[Nick Cox]

Use compound double quotes and/or look for char(34).

Using strpos() is often simpler and as effective as trying to cast every string problem in terms of regular expressions.