shell variables

From: Hoai TRAN <Htran_at_freightcorp.com.au>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:38:59 +1000

Can anyone tell me why this happens:
 
# test="test 2" #note there are two spaces between test and 2
# echo $test # this will show test 2 (somehow compressing the string to single space)
 
I do not want the string to be compressed, how can I go about doing that?
 
Thanks.
 
Regards,
Hoai
 
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