# How to remove quotation marks from an array of strings

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** strings\
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-quotation-marks-from-an-array-of-strings/82740 "2022-06-14T11:34:39Z")\
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Given the following array of strings:  
`a = ["Chile", "Colombia"]`  
How is it possible to get a string like `"Chile, Colombia"`, with or without quotation marks?

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```julia
julia> a = ["Chile", "Colombia"]
2-element Vector{String}:
 "Chile"
 "Colombia"

julia> join(a, ", ")
"Chile, Colombia"

```

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Without quotation marks:

```julia
julia> print(join(a, ", "))
Chile, Colombia

```