Quotes around a defined variable name

Question

So I understand how to print quotes around something like "Hello" using system.out.println for example:

System.out.print("\"Hello\"");

to get "Hello"

But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to print quotes around a variable. I've tried for example:

String test = "Hello";

System.out.print("\test\, ");

If anyone has tips, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!

possible duplicate of [Quotation marks inside a string](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8354168/quotation-marks-inside-a-string) — But I'm Not A Wrapper Class, Jun 18 '14 at 14:47

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '14 at 14:46

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Like this:

System.out.print("\"" + test + "\"");

You're not printing the variable inside a string, but by itself, so it's outside of the format quotes. And you print quotes escaped, just like you did in your first string; just enclose them in their own quotes.

answered Jun 18 '14 at 14:46

AntonH

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Ahh! Concatenation.. Brilliant! Thank you! – Jun 18 '14 at 14:51

Elliott Frisch · Answer 2 · 2014-06-18T15:05:47.313

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There are multiple ways to do that,

String test = "Hello";

and then

System.out.println("\"" + test + "\"");

or

System.out.printf("\"%s\"%n", test);

or write a method to add quotes,

private static String quoteString(String in) {
  return String.format("\"%s\"", in);
}

then

System.out.println(quoteString(test));

Or perhaps

String test = quoteString("Hello");
System.out.println(test);

edited Jun 18 '14 at 15:05

answered Jun 18 '14 at 14:52

Elliott Frisch

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 18 '14 at 14:47

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To print the variable value enclosed in quotes, you have to concatenate the quotes:

System.out.println("\"" + test + "\"");

answered Jun 18 '14 at 14:47

Roberto Linares

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Quotes around a defined variable name

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