Want to set the same string data type text for different variables, but get an error (more details in post)

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So, I set one of the names as “Diana”, like this:

*set Name “Diana”

Then also need to set a first version of the nickname like this as well:

*set nickname1 “Diana”

But I get the error ‘invalid expression: couldn’t express another token’ Is there a way around this? I absolutely need it to be like this because I have like 30 names or so coded this way, and the variations like “Name” “nickname1” “nickname2” will be very important for the game. Some names are coded a bit differently and don’t get an error when chosen like:

*set name “Alexandra”
*set nickname1 “Sasha”

Idk how to go around fixing this. As I mentioned, I need it to be coded this way, because it’s important for the game.

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Is it because they are all nickname1, nickname2 for each character? You would need to change the variable names in a way that they don’t overlap. d_name, a_name, d_nickname1, d_nickname2, a_nickname1, a_nickname2 I’m guessing.

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You see, only the names that have the same string variable text set, get this problem, like:

#Diana
*set Name “Diana”
*set nickname1 “Diana”
*set nickname2 “Dianka”

#Alina
*set Name “Alina”
*set nickname1 “Alina”
*set nickname2 “Alinka”

Others that have different text in the nickname1 variable, work just fine:

#Alexandra
*set Name “Alexandra”
*set nickname1 “Sasha”
*set nickname2 “Shura”

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I think the error might be caused by some other part of the code. I put all three of these block of code into the start of a test project and it runs without errors.

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Yes, I now noticed that I have different quote marks (pressed ‘’ individually isntead of " pressing double) I fixed it and now it works.