# freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Escaping Literal Quotes in Strings **URL:** \ **Category:** freeCodeCamp Contributors\ **Tags:** guide\ **Created:** [July 5, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568 "2016-07-05T18:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![camperbot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/camperbot/32/18364_2.png) [@camperbot](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/camperbot)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/1 "2016-07-05T18:26:38Z")
# [Escaping Literal Quotes in Strings](https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings) * * * ## Hints ### Hint 1 - When you need to use a special character such as `"` inside a string you need to escape it using `\`. * * * ## Solutions > **Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide)** > > ```javascript > const myStr = "I am a \"double quoted\" string inside \"double quotes\"."; // Change this line > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![danedavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@danedavid](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/danedavid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/2 "2017-07-07T06:48:06Z")
var myStr = “I am a “doubled quoted” string inside “double quotes”.”; // Change this line what’s wrong with this ? ---
**Author:** ![EikeGil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/eikegil/32/28272_2.png) [@EikeGil](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/EikeGil)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/3 "2017-07-09T00:48:59Z")
what is wrong with this: var myStr = "I am a “double quoted” string inside “double quotes”. "; ---
**Author:** ![zippy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/zippy/32/69802_2.png) [@zippy](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/zippy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/4 "2017-07-09T02:05:38Z")
you put a space in front of the period, if you erase it, you will have the answer. Nice Job, Though! ---
**Author:** ![BasimMajeed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/basimmajeed/32/161618_2.png) [@BasimMajeed](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/BasimMajeed)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/5 "2017-07-11T15:50:15Z")
I have the same issue. Resolved it yet? ---
**Author:** ![BasimMajeed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/basimmajeed/32/161618_2.png) [@BasimMajeed](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/BasimMajeed)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/6 "2017-07-11T16:15:33Z")
It’s resolved, I misspelled quoted ---
**Author:** ![danedavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@danedavid](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/danedavid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/7 "2017-07-12T03:26:53Z")
Even I did the same too xD ---
**Author:** ![Dutchman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/dutchman/32/146536_2.png) [@Dutchman](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/8 "2017-07-22T04:16:37Z")
for anyone that didn’t get the correct answer. here ya go ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/3X/f/f/ff0206a38ac7e3db91a7e06146effb48be1f9c47.png) ---
**Author:** ![kaon\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kaon\_lee](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/kaon_lee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/9 "2017-07-24T05:39:48Z")
Hey so I read over the comments but I’m still not understanding exactly what I did wrong. I have “I am a “double quoted” string inside “double quotes”.”; ---
**Author:** ![Syrkai](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/syrkai/32/61650_2.png) [@Syrkai](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Syrkai)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/10 "2017-07-24T11:59:22Z")
Make sure you have the full stops and spaces where they are supposed to be 🙂 also include the backslashes like the example above. ---
**Author:** ![Ahmed1458](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ahmed1458/32/79495_2.png) [@Ahmed1458](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Ahmed1458)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/11 "2017-07-24T13:34:31Z")
i got the miss its the capitalize . . right code \>\> var myStr = “I am a “double quoted” string inside “double quotes”.”; wrong code \>\> var myStr = “i am a “double quoted” string inside “double quotes”.”; ---
**Author:** ![kaon\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kaon\_lee](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/kaon_lee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/12 "2017-07-25T05:53:30Z")
Thank you ! I think it was a glitch because it says I completed that assignment now. ---
**Author:** ![nycmixing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/nycmixing/32/60396_2.png) [@nycmixing](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/nycmixing)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/13 "2017-07-28T20:06:26Z")
The following worked for me - var myStr = “I am a “double quoted” string inside “double quotes”.”; ---
**Author:** ![Soumya\_Dev\_grasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Soumya\_Dev\_grasko](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Soumya_Dev_grasko)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/14 "2017-08-01T10:04:05Z")
its not doubled its double u change that one …it will work ---
**Author:** ![kawshar798](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/kawshar798/32/161586_2.png) [@kawshar798](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/kawshar798)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/15 "2017-08-02T15:10:49Z")
Correct ans: var myStr=“I am a “double quoted” string inside “double quotes”.”; ---
**Author:** ![emojis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/emojis/32/62495_2.png) [@emojis](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/emojis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/16 "2017-08-03T17:14:55Z")
**it still doesn’t work** ---
**Author:** ![camperbot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/camperbot/32/18364_2.png) [@camperbot](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/camperbot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/18 "2019-08-10T01:22:04Z")
Opened on August 10, 2019, 1:22am UTC ---
**Author:** ![KittyKora](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/kittykora/32/124629_2.png) [@KittyKora](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/KittyKora)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/20 "2019-09-12T11:27:35Z")
They mean just as like in the example `var sampleStr = "Alan said, \"Peter is learning JavaScript\".";` `I am a /"double quoted/" string inside "double quotes".` the / comes before " and then after the " ---
**Author:** ![KittyKora](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/kittykora/32/124629_2.png) [@KittyKora](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/KittyKora)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/21 "2019-09-12T11:30:02Z")
Correct ```auto ans: var myStr=I am a \"double quoted"\ string inside \"double quotes\". ``` before the " and then after the " we place so " "\ ---
**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-escaping-literal-quotes-in-strings/17568/22 "2025-01-07T11:59:32Z")
Closed on January 7, 2025, 11:59am UTC