is an option for Cell that specifies whether to display " when a string is entered.


ShowStringCharacters
is an option for Cell that specifies whether to display " when a string is entered.
Details

- ShowStringCharacters is typically set to False for output cells and True for input cells.
- ShowStringCharacters is usually set at the level of styles or notebooks rather than at the level of individual cells.
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History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), ShowStringCharacters, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "ShowStringCharacters." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). ShowStringCharacters. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_showstringcharacters, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShowStringCharacters}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_showstringcharacters, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShowStringCharacters}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}