Question: In my current VBA code, I have a query in which I am using `Chr(34)` to put quotation marks between some of my variables.

I was wondering what alternatives exist to this. This is a simple question, i know, but I haven't had any success with repeating quotation marks like this 

> 
> `"` & variable string here & `"`
> 
> 
> 

My code is messy for one and not understandable for people who are not familiar with VBA:

```
comboService = Chr(34) & Me.Combo8.Value & Chr(34)

```

Also, this hasn't worked:

```
comboService = """" & Me.Combo8.Value & """"

```

Can you perhaps tell me why?

Thanks in advance.

Answer: 
This:

```
comboService = """ & Me.Combo8.Value & """

```

is what you posted, but you need to add an extra quotation mark in order to add a literal quotation mark:

```
comboService = """" & Me.Combo8.Value & """"

```

Double-quotes within a string are what you are looking for.

```
aVar = "This: "" is a literal quotation mark"

```
I took a page from MS (the old `vbCRLF`) a while back, and just define any "tricky" characters I'll need as a string at the top of my code ...

```
Dim vbDblQuote As String
vbDblQuote = Chr(34)

```

Now you can just use that pseudo-constant as you build strings ...

```
strMyString = "Just another string " & vbDblQuote & "with quotes" & vbDblQuote & "!"

```

This makes code more readable, and also helps avoid "miscounted quote errors"