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9:02 AM
What is the easiest way to go from one to the following?
{"-qO-", "te,st\""}
"-qO-" "te,st\""
the second one should be a string
 
9:21 AM
Technically the escaped value would then be double escaped
 
 
5 hours later…
2:30 PM
Like this? `StringJoin[(("\"" ~~ # ~~ "\"" &) /@ #)~Riffle~" "] &@{"-qO-",
"te,st\""}`
 
 
4 hours later…
6:27 PM
thank you this appear to work StringJoin[(("\"" ~~ # ~~ "\"" &) /@ #)~Riffle~" "] &@
Map[StringReplace[#, "\"" :> "\\\""] &, {"-qO-", "te,st\""}]
 
 
4 hours later…
10:25 PM
@William Here is a different version:
StringRiffle[StringTemplate["\"``\""] /@ {"-qO-", "te,st\""}]
 

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