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de

Delay evaluation of a string as an expression, when it is passed as a parameter to the IIf or Evaluate functions. Escapes any double quotation marks in the parameter and wraps the result in double quotation marks. It does not escape # so the string could still be evaluated in some cases.

de(String)
returns string

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description
String string Yes    

Simple Example

de("pete")

Expected Result: “pete”