How can I add double quotes to a string that is inside a variable?

Question

I have a string variable such as this:

string title = string.empty;

I have to display the content of whatever is passed to it inside a div within double quotes. I have written something like this:

...
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<div>"+ title +@"</div>
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How can I add the double quotes here? So that it will display like:

"How to add double quotes"

Answer 1

You need to escape them by doubling them (verbatim string literal):

string str = @"""How to add doublequotes""";

Or with a normal string literal you escape them with a \:

string str = "\"How to add doublequotes\"";

Answer 2

So you are essentially asking how to store doublequotes within a string variable? Two solutions for that:

var string1 = @"""inside quotes""";
var string2 = "\"inside quotes\"";

In order to perhaps make it a bit more clear what happens:

var string1 = @"before ""inside"" after";
var string2 = "before \"inside\" after";

Answer 3

If you have to do this often and you would like this to be cleaner in code, you might like to have an extension method for this.

This is really obvious code, but still I think it can be useful to grab it and make you save time.

  /// <summary>
    /// Put a string between double quotes.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">Value to be put between double quotes ex: foo</param>
    /// <returns>double quoted string ex: "foo"</returns>
    public static string AddDoubleQuotes(this string value)
    {
        return "\"" + value + "\"";
    }

Then you may call foo.AddDoubleQuotes() or "foo".AddDoubleQuotes(), on every string you like.

Answer 4

If I understand your question properly, maybe you can try this:

string title = string.Format("<div>\"{0}\"</div>", "some text");

Answer 5

Another note:

    string path = @"H:\\MOVIES\\Battel SHIP\\done-battleship-cd1.avi";
    string hh = string.Format("\"{0}\"", path);
    Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe ", hh + " ,--play");

The real value of hh, as passed, will be "H:\MOVIES\Battel SHIP\done-battleship-cd1.avi".

When needing double double literals, use: @"H:\MOVIES\Battel SHIP\done-battleship-cd1.avi";

Instead of: @"H:\MOVIESBattel SHIP\done-battleship-cd1.avi";

Because the first literals is for the path name and then the second literals are for the double quotation marks.

Answer 6

You can also include the double quotes into single quotes.

string str = '"' + "How to add doublequotes" + '"';

Answer 7

Using string interpolation with a working example:

var title = "Title between quotes";
var string1 = $@"<div>""{title}""</div>";  // Note the order of the $@
Console.WriteLine (string1);

Output

<div>"Title between quotes"</div>

Answer 8

If you want to add double quotes to a string that contains dynamic values also. For the same in place of CodeId[i] and CodeName[i] you can put your dynamic values.

data = "Test ID=" + "\"" + CodeId[i] + "\"" + " Name=" + "\"" + CodeName[i] + "\"" + " Type=\"Test\";

Answer 9

You could use " instead of ". It will be displayed correctly by the browser.

Answer 10

You can use $.

Interpolated Strings: Used to construct strings. An interpolated string looks like a template string that contains interpolated expressions. An interpolated string returns a string that replaces the interpolated expressions that it contains with their string representations. This feature is available in C# 6 and later versions.

string commentor = $"<span class=\"fa fa-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> {variable}</span>";

Answer 11

In C# you can use:

 string1 = @"Your ""Text"" Here";
 string2 = "Your \"Text\" Here";

Answer 12

Use either

&dquo;
<div>&dquo;"+ title +@"&dquo;</div>

or escape the double quote:

\"
<div>\""+ title +@"\"</div>

Answer 13

string doubleQuotedPath = string.Format(@"""{0}""",path);

Answer 14

An indirect, but simple to understand alternative to add quotes at start and end of string -

char quote = '"';

string modifiedString = quote + "Original String" + quote;

Answer 15

With C# 11.0 preview you can use Raw String Literals.

Raw string literals are a new format for string literals. Raw string literals can contain arbitrary text, including whitespace, new lines, embedded quotes, and other special characters without requiring escape sequences. A raw string literal starts with at least three double-quote (""") characters. It ends with the same number of double-quote characters. Typically, a raw string literal uses three double quotes on a single line to start the string, and three double quotes on a separate line to end the string.

string str = """
    "How to add double quotes"
    """;

Answer 16

Put a backslash (\) before the double quotes. That should work.

Answer 17

In C#, if we use "" it means that it will indicate the following symbol is not a C# built-in symbol that will used by the developer.

So in a string we need double quotes, meaning we can put "" symbol before double quotes:

string s = "\"Hi\""

Answer 18

"<i class=\"fa fa-check-circle\"></i>" is used with ternary operator with Eval() data binding:

Text = '<%# Eval("bqtStatus").ToString()=="Verified" ? 
       Convert.ToString("<i class=\"fa fa-check-circle\"></i>") : 
       Convert.ToString("<i class=\"fa fa-info-circle\"></i>"

Answer 19

Now with C# 11

var string1 = """before "inside" after""";

var string2 = """ "How to add double quotes" """;

Answer 20

If you want to add double quotes in HTML

echo "<p>Congratulations, &#8220;" . $variable . "&#8221;!</p>";

Output

Congratulations, "Mr John"!