Embedding quote marks in If-Else-Then statements

[EHPorter]

Is it possible to embed quote marks in If-Else-Then statements? Some sort
of switch or character that tells the merge to treat the quote mark ( " ) as
part of the text, rather than as part of the If command.

An example. The line:

{IF {Mergefield "Nicknames"} <> "" "The nickname is "Crash" Johnson" "There
is no nickname"} does not work, because the quotes around the word Crash are
treated as control characters in the If statement. Is there any way around
this?

Thanks

 

[Doug Robbins]

Use the following construction:

{IF {Mergefield "Nicknames"} <> "" { Quote "The nickname is '"'Crash'"'
Johnson" } "There is no nickname"}

where the quote marks either side of Crash are enclosed by apostrophes.
That is

apostrophe double quote apostrophe Crash apostrophe double quote apostrophe

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