Strings in property dialogs

To include certain characters in a string, we must punctuate the string in a particular way.

Some of the properties we can set in the property pages are strings, in particular, the Description, Cluster name, and Cluster namelist properties.

To include certain characters (space, comma (,), single quotation marks (' '), and double quotation marks (" ")), you must punctuate the string in special ways.

Punctuate Description strings as follows:

• To enter a description without any commas or quotation marks, just type the string. For example, My queue
• To include a comma in a description, enclose the whole string in either single or double quotation marks. For example, "Beware, this is John's queue"
• To include quotation marks, either enclose the string in the other type of quotation marks, or repeat the quotation marks twice. For example, "Beware, this is John's ""special"" queue"

Punctuate Cluster name and Namelist properties as follows:

• Do not use a space or a comma in a cluster name. Use an underscore (_) instead. For example, cluster_1
• Type lists of cluster names separated by either spaces or commas. For example, cluster_1 cluster_2 cluster_3,cluster_4 When the namelist is viewed, the delimiters are all commas and no spaces. So the example looks like this: cluster_1,cluster_2,cluster_3,cluster_4

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