Get awk to print single quotes character

[Ian McClement_1]

I know the question has been asked many times
before, but can someone remind me how to get awk to print the single quote character.
ie. echo string| awk_text resulting in 'string'
Have tried the usual
echo string|awk '{print "\'"$1}' combinations

Cheers
Ian

[Robin Wakefield]

Hi Ian,

here you go:

echo hello | awk '{print "'\''" $1 "'\''"}'
'hello'

Rgds, Robin

[Graham Cameron_1]

Alternatively:

echo hello | awk '{print "\047" $1 "\047"}'