ok u are correct ..... in mine i use its differerent as i only edited it up to read what his was ..... to fix that part i should have set my var %reason to = $1- instead of ( $+ $1- $+ )
that way iot would have only included one set of quotes ..... or remove the set from the actual quit message line and make it read
echo $color(quit) -ti2 $ifmatch *14 $nick has quit IRC 15 $+ %reason
and leave it at that then u dont have empty quotes at all ...... but to each is own i was just giving a quick example for them to use ... its not exactly what i have and mines totally different it provides user count on parts joins and quits