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How to: Put Quotation Marks in a String	Learn how to place quotation marks in a string of text. Also, learn to use the Quote field as a constant.	03/30/2017	csharp vb cpp	quotation marks TextBox control [Windows Forms], displaying quotation marks quotation marks [Windows Forms], adding to strings in text boxes	68bdc3f3-4177-4eab-99cd-cac17a82b515

How to: Put Quotation Marks in a String (Windows Forms)

Sometimes you might want to place quotation marks (" ") in a string of text. For example:

She said, "You deserve a treat!"

As an alternative, you can also use the xref:Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Quote field as a constant.

To place quotation marks in a string in your code

1. In Visual Basic, insert two quotation marks in a row as an embedded quotation mark. In Visual C# and Visual C++, insert the escape sequence \" as an embedded quotation mark. For example, to create the preceding string, use the following code.

   Private Sub InsertQuote()  
      TextBox1.Text = "She said, ""You deserve a treat!"" "  
   End Sub  
   

   private void InsertQuote(){  
      textBox1.Text = "She said, \"You deserve a treat!\" ";  
   }  
   

   private:  
      void InsertQuote()  
      {  
         textBox1->Text = "She said, \"You deserve a treat!\" ";  
      }  
   

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2. Insert the ASCII or Unicode character for a quotation mark. In Visual Basic, use the ASCII character (34). In Visual C#, use the Unicode character (\u0022).

   Private Sub InsertAscii()  
      TextBox1.Text = "She said, " & Chr(34) & "You deserve a treat!" & Chr(34)  
   End Sub  
   

   private void InsertAscii(){  
      textBox1.Text = "She said, " + '\u0022' + "You deserve a treat!" + '\u0022';  
   }  
   

   Note

   In this example, you cannot use \u0022 because you cannot use a universal character name that designates a character in the basic character set. Otherwise, you produce C3851. For more information, see Compiler Error C3851.

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3. You can also define a constant for the character, and use it where needed.

   Const quote As String = """"  
   TextBox1.Text = "She said, " & quote & "You deserve a treat!" & quote  
   

   const string quote = "\"";  
   textBox1.Text = "She said, " + quote +  "You deserve a treat!"+ quote ;  
   

   const String^ quote = "\"";  
   textBox1->Text = String::Concat("She said, ",  
      const_cast<String^>(quote), "You deserve a treat!",  
      const_cast<String^>(quote));  
   

See also

• xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
• xref:Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Quote
• TextBox Control Overview
• How to: Control the Insertion Point in a Windows Forms TextBox Control
• How to: Create a Password Text Box with the Windows Forms TextBox Control
• How to: Create a Read-Only Text Box
• How to: Select Text in the Windows Forms TextBox Control
• How to: View Multiple Lines in the Windows Forms TextBox Control
• TextBox Control