tailed_Output">Detailed_Output</a></h4>
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   last           is the last character position such that the subtring
                  ranging from string[first] to string[last] is a
                  quoted string token, if such a substring exists.
                  Otherwise, the returned value of last is first-1.
 
   nchar          is the length of the string token found by this 
                  routine, if such a token exists.  This length 
                  includes the starting and ending bracke