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Mireille Duhon

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General rule: quote it if it can either be empty or contain spaces (or any whitespace really) or special characters (wildcards). Not quoting strings with spaces often leads to the shell breaking apart a single argument into many.

Single quotes protect the text between them verbatim. It is the proper tool when you need to ensure that the shell does not touch the string at all. Typically, it is the quoting mechanism of choice when you do not require variable interpolation.

Double quotes are suitable when variable interpolation is required. With suitable adaptations, it is also a good workaround when you need single quotes in the string. (There is no straightforward way to escape a single quote between single quotes, because there is no escape mechanism inside single quotes -- if there was, they would not quote completely verbatim.)

In more concrete terms, anything containing a filename should usually be quoted (because filenames can contain whitespace and other shell metacharacters). Anything containing a URL should usually be quoted (because many URLs contain shell metacharacters like ? and &). Anything containing a regex should usually be quoted (ditto ditto). Anything containing significant whitespace other than single spaces between non-whitespace characters needs to be quoted (because otherwise, the shell will munge the whitespace into, effectively, single spaces, and trim any leading or trailing whitespace).

When you know that a variable can only contain a value which contains no shell metacharacters, quoting is optional. Thus, an unquoted $? is basically fine, because this variable can only ever contain a single number. However, "$?" is also correct, and recommended for general consistency and correctness (though this is my personal recommendation, not a widely recognized policy).

Values which are not variables basically follow the same rules, though you could then also escape any metacharacters instead of quoting them. For a common example, a URL with a & in it will be parsed by the shell as a background command unless the metacharacter is escaped or quoted:

The last example also suggests another useful concept, which I like to call "seesaw quoting". If you need to mix single and double quotes, you can use them adjacent to each other. For example, the following quoted strings

(The loop is completely superfluous in the latter example; printf specifically works fine with multiple arguments. stat too. But looping over a wildcard match is a common problem, and frequently done incorrectly.)

The difference between $* and $@ is that only the latter correctly preserves quoting in the list of arguments; but only if you use double quotes around it. The syntax looks weird, but I guess the original designers just grandfathered it in when they bumped into the limitations of bare $*.

It would be helpful to have a delete signed quotes options for Super Admins. While setting up the quotes and changing over from the beta version we had to create and test a lot of options and we now have quotes I can't delete.

So, if I have to make a change, if I made a mistake, then it stays here forever? Seems I have to create a whole new quote but what about the quote amount in my reports, etc. But if I do that, now I am faced with always creating a *footnote situation. This is a really tough spot to be in.

While I understand the logic behind the limitation of disallowing signed Quotes to be deleted, we often have a legitimate wish to do so. Perhaps make this a special permission or at least make it available only to Super Admins. Or make it a switch within setup so that the customer can decide if they want signed Quotes to be deletable or not within their organization.

Super Admin should be able to Archive these somehow and get them out of them main view. While testing the process for a new quote template we created and signed some so now we are stuck with the test quotes.

During those instances, you might feel lost. But words of encouragement can help. Certain quotes can inspire and remind you to live life to the fullest and persevere through whatever challenges come your way.

You need to provide a citation whenever you refer to an idea that you derived from a source. This is the case whether you use a direct quote, a paraphrase, or even just a direct or indirect mention. You need to include a brief citation in the text at the place where you refer to the source, and a full citation in your bibliography or reference list. The style of referencing you are using will dictate which details you include in your citations, how you signpost brief citations (in the body of the text or in footnotes, directly or by assigning a number which links to full details in a reference list), and what order you put information in. Check your course handbook to see what style your department prefers.

However the originality will come in your understanding, interpretation and use of what you have read, which will be quite different to other people's. If you are thoughtful about your research and writing, this critical analysis will be visible throughout your work, so don't fall into the trap of feeling you have to include 'something original' in your conclusion!

In UK academic culture, it is poor practice to use a lot of direct quotes from someone else's work. Your assignment should be mostly written in your own words, using evidence from your research to support or challenge your statements. When it is appropriate to use direct quotes, these should generally be kept as brief as possible and you should show how the quote relates to the argument you are making and the assignment question. It is good practice to include the page number.

Long quotes (more than three or four lines) are set out in your text in a 'block' - started on a new line and indented at left and sometimes right. They are not placed in quotation marks, and the brief citation is placed on a separate line, on the right-hand side.

Long quotes are often used in assignments which focus on analysing a particular text closely (for instance, a novel or poem, or an original document). In these cases, the analysis may need to refer to a large number of phrases within the text and some more than once. Long quotes should only be used if you are planning to analyse the text in some detail.

Putting your understanding of what you have read into your own words is known as paraphrasing. A common mistake is to try to paraphrase a single sentence, which is very difficult and often ends in an inelegant and sometimes meaningless phrase. It is better to read the whole paragraph in which the idea lies, then try to write a sentence on your understanding of the idea. You may not need to include a page number here, as the idea may be argued throughout the source rather than just in one specific place.

Your references have a job to do - to support or counter the statements and arguments you make in your discussion. Providing all of them are doing this job, it doesn't matter how many there are. Just make sure that they are doing this job, and are not just there for decoration!

Use the quotes API to create, manage, and retrieve sales quotes for sharing pricing information with potential buyers. Once configured, a quote can be shared with a buyer either at a specified URL or through PDF. Users can also manage quotes in HubSpot to add details, update associations, and more.

To create a quote, you'll first configure its basic details by making a POST request to /crm/v3/objects/quotes. Later, you'll make a separate call to associate the quote with other objects, such as the quote template, line items, or a deal.

The above are just the minimum required properties to get a quote started but other properties are required to publish a quote. To see all available quote properties, make a GET request to crm/v3/properties/quotes. Learn more about the properties API.

To enable e-signatures on the quote, include the hs_esign_enabled boolean property in your request body with a value of true. Note that you will not be able to add countersigners through the API, so those will need to be added in HubSpot before publishing the quote. You also cannot publish a quote with e-sign enabled if you've exceeded your monthly e-signature limit.

Later, you'll need to associate the quote with the quote signers. While the contacts signing the quote exist as contacts in HubSpot, they're stored as a separate association type from contacts. Learn more about associating quotes with quote signers.

To create a complete quote, you'll need to associate it with other CRM records, such as line items, using the associations API. The table below shows which CRM record associations are required for a complete quote, and which are optional. Continue reading to learn more about retrieving IDs and using them to create the needed associations.

To make each association, you'll first need to retrieve the ID of each object you want to associate. To retrieve each ID, you'll make a GET request to the relevant object endpoint, which follows the same pattern across each CRM object. When making each request, you can also include a properties query parameter to return specific properties when needed. Below are example GET requests for each type of object.

Each successful association will return a 200 response with details about the association. The above calls will associate the objects in both directions, with each direction have its own ID. For example, if you associate the quote with a quote template, the response will describe the association from both ends. In the example response below, 286 is the quote-to-quote-template association type ID, and 285 is the quote-template-to-quote association type ID.

The quote's associated records. For a quote to be publishable, it must have an associated deal and quote template. The line items should be created separately from the line items on the associated deal.

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