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I have a string "I want to learn "c#"". How can I include the quotes before and after c#?

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    possible duplicate of [How can I put quotes in a string?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2911073/how-can-i-put-quotes-in-a-string) – Oliver Aug 11 '10 at 12:18

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Escape them with backslashes.

"I want to learn \"C#\""
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  • The reference manual is helpful: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228362.aspx – S.Lott Aug 11 '10 at 12:17
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    you cannot use multiple """ when formatting a string String.Format("", params) will not work with multiple quotes. please use this answer that is marked correctly and get used to the habit of doing it. – New Bee Sep 04 '14 at 07:09
  • @ANeves fair to say that @newbee is wrong and that there's a Working counter-example: `string ok = string.Format(@"""{0}"" = {1}", "yes", true);` but don't link to stupid irrelevant pictures that waste peoples' time. This is a technical site – barlop Aug 08 '16 at 22:23
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As well as escaping quotes with backslashes, also see SO question 2911073 which explains how you could alternatively use double-quoting in a @-prefixed string:

string msg = @"I want to learn ""c#""";
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  • I needed this in my replace logic. string nullHideDecimal = @""; and then dataContractXML = dataContractXML.Replace(nullHideDecimal, "0"); – Ziggler Jan 27 '16 at 19:56
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I use:

var value = "'Field1','Field2','Field3'".Replace("'", "\"");

as opposed to the equivalent

var value = "\"Field1\",\"Field2\",\"Field3\"";

Because the former has far less noise than the latter, making it easier to see typo's etc.

I use it a lot in unit tests.

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string str = @"""Hi, "" I am programmer";

OUTPUT - "Hi, " I am programmer

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Use escape characters for example this code:

var message = "I want to learn \"c#\"";
Console.WriteLine(message);

will output:

I want to learn "c#"

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You can also declare a constant and use it each time. neat and avoids confusion:

const string myStrQuote = "\"";
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The Code:

string myString = "Hello " + ((char)34) + " World." + ((char)34);

Output will be:

Hello "World."

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