# Println not working when using variable in single qoutes in a line closing in triple qoutes

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/println-not-working-when-using-variable-in-single-qoutes-in-a-line-closing-in-triple-qoutes/8856>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [February 6, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/println-not-working-when-using-variable-in-single-qoutes-in-a-line-closing-in-triple-qoutes/8856 "2018-02-06T05:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shivanshmundra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/shivanshmundra/32/3358_2.png) [@Shivanshmundra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shivanshmundra)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/println-not-working-when-using-variable-in-single-qoutes-in-a-line-closing-in-triple-qoutes/8856/1 "2018-02-06T05:16:40Z")

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The following code is not working:  
name = “Shivansh”  
println(“”“Hello, my name is “$name””“”)

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**Author:** ![tk3369](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tk3369/32/2824_2.png) [@tk3369](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tk3369)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/println-not-working-when-using-variable-in-single-qoutes-in-a-line-closing-in-triple-qoutes/8856/2 "2018-02-06T05:28:44Z")

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That’s because the triple double quotes after the letter `e` are parsed as the ending of the string, leaving the last double quote as a new opening one. You can just escape the ones surrounding `$name` as such:

```julia
julia> name = "Shivansh"
       println("""Hello, my name is \"$name\"""")
Hello, my name is "Shivansh"

```

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**Author:** ![Shivanshmundra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/shivanshmundra/32/3358_2.png) [@Shivanshmundra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shivanshmundra)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/println-not-working-when-using-variable-in-single-qoutes-in-a-line-closing-in-triple-qoutes/8856/3 "2018-02-06T07:03:09Z")

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Thanks for explanation.