Specify double quote character in a string

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I am using some strings throughout my application to control user input. I call these control strings.
For example:

Public UCAlphaStr As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

The problem is that I want to allow the user to input a double quote character, Chr(34) or " in one of the control strings.

Dim DblQuote As String = Chr(34)

PartNameStr = AlphaNumericStr & ",:-()#&%  ./" & DblQuote

When single-stepping through the code, the end of this string returns vbNullChar.

How do I add the double quote character to a string?

What I have tried:

I have searched on-line for solutions to this problem. One "solution" is essentially what I wrote above. It does not work (as I stated).

Posted 29-Apr-23 5:37am

Kevin Brady

Updated 29-Apr-23 20:30pm

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Solution 1

See String Basics - Visual Basic | Microsoft Learn[^]

Posted 29-Apr-23 6:15am

Richard MacCutchan

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2023-04-29T20:27:00

Solution 2

Double them up:

VB

Dim MyString as String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ""!$%^&*0123456789"
		Console.WriteLine(MyString)

Gives:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"!$%^&*0123456789

Posted 29-Apr-23 20:27pm

OriginalGriff

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Kevin Brady 30-Apr-23 9:55am

Thank you. This solution works.