## Recently I needed to add two double quotes in certain places in a text file that my script was building. ## Certain ASCII characters can be tricky to deal with. I get around the problem by assigning the ASCII value(s) ## to a variable, then just call the variable when needed. The ASCII value for a double quote is 34, and I ## needed to add two double quotes. Here's how I built the variable: $quotes = [char]34+[char]34 ## Then to use it, just build your output string like this: $outputString = $quotes + $receivedDateMonth + $quotes + $receivedDateDay + $quotes + $receivedTimeHour + $quotes + $receivedTimeMinute + $quotes ## To build a proper comma separated file, assign one double quote to a variable, then assign a double quote, ## comma, and another double quote to a variable, then build your output string accordingly. $quotes = [char]34 $comma = [char]34+[char]59+[char]34 $outputString = $quotes + $receivedDateMonth + $comma + $receivedDateDay + $comma + $receivedTimeHour + $comma + $receivedTimeMinute + $quotes