A '''quotation mark''' delimits the start and end of a literal [[STRING]] value. 


''Usage:'' string_value$ = "This is a text STRING."


* The quotation mark must delimit the ends of a string or text prompt in a [[PRINT]], [[WRITE]], [[INPUT]] or [[LINE INPUT]] statement. 
* The IDE may add  a missing quotation mark at the end of a [[SUB|statement]] or [[FUNCTION|function]]. 
* [[LINE INPUT]] allows quotation marks to be entered as user input. The [[LINE INPUT (file statement)]] can transfer quotation marks.
* Quotation marks should be used when [[comma]]s are used in a literal [[WRITE]] or [[INPUT (file statement)]] text string. 
* To insert quotation marks in a [[PRINT]] statement insert [[CHR$]](34) using string [[concatenation]] or [[semicolon]]s.
* String values can be [[concatenation|concatenated]] or added using the plus ([[+]]) operator. Cannot be used to combine numerical values!
* Concatenation MUST be used when combining literal [[STRING|string]] values in a variable definition.
* String values can be combined with other string or numerical values using [[semicolon]]s or [[comma]] tabs in a PRINT statement.
* Literal [[DATA]] strings do not require quotation marks unless the value is a keyword, uses commas or has end spaces.


''See also:''

* [[STRING]], [[PRINT]], [[WRITE]]
* [[CHR$]], [[LINE INPUT]]


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