topic Square brackets vs single quotes in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Square-brackets-vs-single-quotes/m-p/897320#M1016255 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, I wonder if anyone could explain the difference between using single quotes and square brackets.</P><P>I have noticed that in table names, field names, file paths in script they can be used interchangeably. However you cannot replace square brackets in Load inline statement.</P><P>From what I have tested in chart expressions you also cannot replace square brackets with single quotes when using field names.</P><P></P><P>I wonder if there is some general rule for that.</P><P></P><P>Thanks &amp; Regards,</P><P>Mat</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:05:36 GMT 2015-04-11T09:05:36Z Square brackets vs single quotes https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Square-brackets-vs-single-quotes/m-p/897320#M1016255 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, I wonder if anyone could explain the difference between using single quotes and square brackets.</P><P>I have noticed that in table names, field names, file paths in script they can be used interchangeably. However you cannot replace square brackets in Load inline statement.</P><P>From what I have tested in chart expressions you also cannot replace square brackets with single quotes when using field names.</P><P></P><P>I wonder if there is some general rule for that.</P><P></P><P>Thanks &amp; Regards,</P><P>Mat</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:05:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Square-brackets-vs-single-quotes/m-p/897320#M1016255 2015-04-11T09:05:36Z Re: Square brackets vs single quotes https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Square-brackets-vs-single-quotes/m-p/897321#M1016256 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>See this blog post: <A _jive_internal="true" class="font-color-normal" href="https://community.qlik.com/blogs/qlikviewdesignblog/2013/04/09/quoteology" style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; color: #3d3d3d;">QlikView Quoteology</A></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:13:01 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Square-brackets-vs-single-quotes/m-p/897321#M1016256 Gysbert_Wassenaar 2015-04-11T09:13:01Z Re: Square brackets vs single quotes https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Square-brackets-vs-single-quotes/m-p/897322#M1016257 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The general rule is that square brackets [ ] and double quotes " " are interchangeable. (And usually also grave accents ` `.) But single quotes are different.</P><P></P><P>HIC</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:23:33 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Square-brackets-vs-single-quotes/m-p/897322#M1016257 hic 2015-04-11T09:23:33Z