Issue with the print macro, setter links and strings

PostingAlt

I am using SugarCube 2.7.2 on Twine 2.0.11

The passage in question contains the following for loop:

<<for $i to 1; $i <= $Total; $i++>>

Straightforward, and works fine in other passages. This for loop then contains the following print macro:

<<print "Passage][$Active to $Item[" + $i + "]; $Item[" + $i + "].Property to 3">>

This appears to function just fine. But if I swap the second set macro from a number to a string, it no longer works:

<<print "Passage][$Active to $Item[" + $i + "]; $Item[" + $i + "].Property to "string"">>

"Error: <<print>>: bad evaluation: Unexpected identifier" is the error message in question.

$Item[$i].Property was set to 1 prior to this passage.

Setting the second setter link to "$Active.Property to "string"" did not solve the problem.

What am I missing?

TheMadExile

You're trying to include double quotes within an existing pair of double quotes. That is not valid syntax, hence the error.

You either need to exchange one of those sets for a pair of single quotes—inner or outer, it doesn't matter—or escape the inner double quotes. For example:

Use alternate quotes:

<<print "[[Text|Passage][$Active to $Item[" + $i + "]; $Item[" + $i + "].Property to 'string']]">>

<<print "[[Text|Passage][$Active to $Item[" + $i + "]; $Item[" + $i + '].Property to "string"]]'>>

Escape the inner quotes:

<<print "[[Text|Passage][$Active to $Item[" + $i + "]; $Item[" + $i + "].Property to \"string\"]]">>