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    I need to add escape characters to a VB string but I get errors. The string needs a double quote, and an asterisk ie. "this is the string \" \*" Problem is, this isn't working...something about a type mis-match. Any ideas?

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      I need to add escape characters to a VB string but I get errors. The string needs a double quote, and an asterisk ie. "this is the string \" \*" Problem is, this isn't working...something about a type mis-match. Any ideas?

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      To do double quotes, you have to use two of them to escape it:

      Dim stringWithDoubleQuotes As String = "This is a ""test..."""
      

      The contents of the string will be This is a "test..."

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