XL98: How to Show Quotation Marks in Function Results and Macros

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Example 1: Displaying Quotation Marks with CONCATENATE() or &

To use the CONCATENATE() function or the concatenation operator (&) to create worksheet formulas that display quotation marks, use the following format:

   =CONCATENATE("My name is ","""Jane Doe.""")
				

   ="My name is " & """Jane Doe."""
				

These examples both display the following text string:

   My name is "Jane Doe."
				

Example 2: Displaying Quotation Marks in a Text String with a Macro

When you construct a text string in Visual Basic for Applications, you must precede the quotation mark you want to display with a second instance of a quotation mark, as in the following examples:

   MsgBox "My name is ""Jane Doe."""
				

   ActiveCell.Value = "My name is ""Jane Doe."""
				

NOTE: The outermost set of quotation marks is required by Visual Basic for Applications to define the text string.