# How do I include a double quotaton mark in frontmatter variable?

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-do-i-include-a-double-quotaton-mark-in-frontmatter-variable/14932>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [October 27, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-do-i-include-a-double-quotaton-mark-in-frontmatter-variable/14932 "2018-10-27T08:10:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnsheppard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/johnsheppard/32/6658_2.png) [@johnsheppard](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/johnsheppard)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-do-i-include-a-double-quotaton-mark-in-frontmatter-variable/14932/1 "2018-10-27T08:10:04Z")

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Hello there,

I have the following front matter. I am trying to include a double quotation mark in frontmatter parameters

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## title: “About Me” rightSideTitle: “How do I insert double quotations “like this” into front matter” rightSideText: “I’ve found a single quotation works ok”

Thank you kindly for any ideas  
John

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**Author:** ![zwbetz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/zwbetz/32/16088_2.png) [@zwbetz](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/zwbetz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-do-i-include-a-double-quotaton-mark-in-frontmatter-variable/14932/2 "2018-10-27T12:00:33Z")

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This front matter is in YAML, so you need to escape the quotes with a `\`

```auto
key: “Double \”quote\” inside a string”

```

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**Author:** ![johnsheppard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/johnsheppard/32/6658_2.png) [@johnsheppard](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/johnsheppard)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-do-i-include-a-double-quotaton-mark-in-frontmatter-variable/14932/3 "2018-10-27T20:44:02Z")

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Thank you once again zwbetz…I’m going to start having to pay you soon 🙂

I really appreciate all your help  
John

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**Author:** ![zwbetz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/zwbetz/32/16088_2.png) [@zwbetz](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/zwbetz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-do-i-include-a-double-quotaton-mark-in-frontmatter-variable/14932/4 "2018-10-27T20:46:08Z")

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👍

Feel free to make the thread as solved