Excel VBA Double Quotes – How to Put Double Quotes in a String in VBA

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I want to insert an if statement in a cell through vba which includes double quotes.

Here is my code:

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = "=IF(Sheet1!B1=0,"",Sheet1!B1)"

Due to double quotes I am having issues with inserting the string. How do I handle double quotes?

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I find the easiest way is to double up on the quotes to handle a quote.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Formula = "IF(Sheet1!A1=0,"""",Sheet1!A1)"

Some people like to use CHR(34)*:

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Formula = "IF(Sheet1!A1=0," & CHR(34) & CHR(34) & ",Sheet1!A1)"

*Note: CHAR() is used as an Excel cell formula, e.g. writing "=CHAR(34)" in a cell, but for VBA code you use the CHR() function.

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VBA Excel – Placing Double Quotes Within a String

The general rule is as follows.

The first double-quote (DQ) announces the beginning of a string. Afterwards, some DQ announces the end of the string. However, if a DQ is preceded by a DQ, it is "escaped". Escaped means it is a character part of the string, not a delimiter.

Simply put, when you have any even number of consecutive double-quotes inside a string, say 2n, this means there are n escaped double-quotes. When the number is odd, say 2n+1, you have n escaped DQs and a delimiter.

Examples

  """ + iterator.Value + """
' delimiter " + iterator.Value + " delimiter
'           ^ escaped            ^ escaped

  """ + iterator.Value + """"
' delimiter " + iterator.Value + ""  ' (missing enclosing delimiter) 
'           ^ escaped            ^^ both escaped.

In this latter case the last delimiter is missing, For this reason VS inserted it for you, and you got 5 DQs.

Finally the particular case """" (just 4 DQs), the first and last are delimiters, and inside there's one escaped DQ. This is equivalent to chr(34).

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