Using Quotes in Text

I have to use a quote in a string variable. How do I assign it to a string without it ending the string altogether? If someone has the Ascii numder for it that would help as well.

Please try this:

strMyString = Chr$(34) & "My Text" & Chr(34)

Hope it helps.

Chr$(34) will give you "

but try "" to get " inside your string

ie msgbox """fred""" will display "fred"

clear as mud!

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Originally posted by MadWorm
Chr$(34) will give you "

but try "" to get " inside your string

ie msgbox """fred""" will display "fred"

clear as mud!

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Code:

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"""fred"""

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Will result in an error.:rolleyes:
It's because vb thinks that the string is ended after the 2nd ". And then there's just fred and that means nothing.

Try it!

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()
MsgBox """fred"""
End Sub

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works fine on my machine Win2k VB6 ent SP4

I'm afraid you're wrong oetje. I do prefer xmin's method though. It just looks strange when you've got thousands of quotes in one string!

Here you go. Straight from MSDN.

Printing Quotation Marks in a String
Sometimes quotation marks (" ") appear in a string of text.

She said, "You deserve a treat!"

Because strings assigned to a variable or property are surrounded by quotation marks (" "), you must insert an additional set of quotation marks for each set to display in a string. Visual Basic interprets two quotation marks in a row as an embedded quotation mark.

For example, to create the preceding string, use the following code:

Text1.Text = "She said, ""You deserve a treat!"" "

To achieve the same effect, you can use the ASCII character (34) for a quotation mark:

Text1.Text = "She said, " & Chr(34) + "You deserve a treat!" & Chr(34)

Sorry, I was wrong.:(