# How to write symbol " in code block of Dynamo as string?

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**Created:** [March 4, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-write-symbol-in-code-block-of-dynamo-as-string/73965 "2022-03-04T12:41:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-write-symbol-in-code-block-of-dynamo-as-string/73965/1 "2022-03-04T12:41:41Z")

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How to write symbol " in code block of Dynamo as string?

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-write-symbol-in-code-block-of-dynamo-as-string/73965/2 "2022-03-04T12:44:33Z")

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Use an escape character before it.

`“\””;`

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**Author:** ![Daan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/daan/32/82246_2.png) [@Daan](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Daan)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-write-symbol-in-code-block-of-dynamo-as-string/73965/3 "2022-03-04T15:05:00Z")

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Check out this page 😃

> **[Escape character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character)**
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> In computing and telecommunication, an escape character is a character that invokes an alternative interpretation on the following characters in a character sequence. An escape character is a particular case of metacharacters. Generally, the judgement of whether something is an escape character or not depends on the context.
> In the telecommunications field, escape characters are used to indicate that the following characters are encoded differently. This is used to alter control characters that ...