VHDL quotation (") character matching - syntax highlighting malfunction

tech_newb

Considering the following example function:

function eg_func(Value: String) return Boolean is
   variable V: String(1 to Value'LENGTH) := Value;
   variable Result: Boolean;
  
   for i in 1 to Value'LENGTH loop
      if V(i) = '"' then
         Result <= TRUE;
         exit;
      else 
         Result <= FALSE;
      end if;
   end loop;
   return Result;

When this code is used in Notepad++, everything following

if V(i) = '"'...

no longer has language keyword/syntax highlighting, all text being default black font.

I believe this maybe due to the tool viewing (") as an open quotation despite it being used for character matching as a condition comparator within single quotes.

Is this in fact a bug or can someone see something I am doing incorrectly? Maybe there is a construct I am unaware of for searching quotation characters within strings?

PeterJones

@tech_newb: Welcome to the Notepad++ Community.

Is this in fact a bug or can someone see something I am doing incorrectly

I cannot replicate your described behavior:

The highlighting continues beyond that row for me in v7.7 64-bit.

There might be something with your particular version.

If you go to ? > Debug Info, you can click on the “Copy debug info into clipboard” shown in my image, and directly paste the debug-info text into your reply. Or you can do a screenshot, upload to a service like imgur, and use syntax ![](https://i.imgur.com/01hOo1m.gif) to embed the image (making sure to have the direct img URL, not the imgur “display page” which includes html to display the image with all their formatting and internal/external links).