Characters after " orange in StringReplace

[Martin-Milbradt]

Code snippet

StringReplace, Clipboard, Clipboard, ", , All

Expected behavior

Characters after " should have the usual color in StringReplace.

Editor tokens and scopes

"1 char
language ahk
standard token type String
foreground #CE9178
background #1E1E1E
contrast ratio 6.31
textmate scopes punctuation.definition.string.begin.ahk
string.quoted.double.ahk
source.ahk
foreground string
{ "foreground": "#CE9178" }

Additional context

" does not start a string in this case but is a character to be replaced.

[fade2gray]

Incorrect syntax used; the single double-quote needs to be escaped as """".

i.e. StringReplace, Clipboard, Clipboard, """", , All

...but, StringReplace has been deprecated, and you should be using StrReplace

i.e. Clipboard := StrReplace(Clipboard, """")

[mark-wiemer]

@fade2gray, when you say the syntax is incorrect, are you implying the code won't compile or work at all?

[fade2gray]

No, maybe I used the wrong terminology.

I was just trying to show that the replacement string in the given snippet is incorrectly formatted, and the resulting syntax highlighting gives you a clue that something's amiss.

[kyklish]

No, maybe I used the wrong terminology.

I was just trying to show that the replacement string in the given snippet is incorrectly formatted, and the resulting syntax highlighting gives you a clue that something's amiss.

No, it's correctly formatted. Inside commands AHK uses Legacy text, not "Expression text"!
StringReplace, Clipboard, Clipboard, ", , All <-- correct default syntax
StringReplace, Clipboard, Clipboard, % """", , All <-- correct expression syntax (% sign force to use "Expression text")

[fade2gray]

Yep, my bad.

[kyklish]

Yep, my bad.

My bad too, I edited my comment above.

Within an expression, two consecutive quotes enclosed inside a literal string resolve to a single literal quote.
For example: Var := "The color ""red"" was found.".