freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/debugging/catch-mixed-usage-of-single-and-double-quotes.md

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id: 587d7b84367417b2b2512b37
title: Catch Mixed Usage of Single and Double Quotes
challengeType: 1
forumTopicId: 301188
---

## Description
<section id='description'>
JavaScript allows the use of both single (<code>'</code>) and double (<code>"</code>) quotes to declare a string. Deciding which one to use generally comes down to personal preference, with some exceptions.
Having two choices is great when a string has contractions or another piece of text that's in quotes. Just be careful that you don't close the string too early, which causes a syntax error.
Here are some examples of mixing quotes:

```js
// These are correct:
const grouchoContraction = "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.";
const quoteInString = "Groucho Marx once said 'Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.'";
// This is incorrect:
const uhOhGroucho = 'I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.';
```

Of course, it is okay to use only one style of quotes. You can escape the quotes inside the string by using the backslash (<code>\\</code>) escape character:

```js
// Correct use of same quotes:
const allSameQuotes = 'I\'ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn\'t it.';
```

</section>

## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
Fix the string so it either uses different quotes for the <code>href</code> value, or escape the existing ones. Keep the double quote marks around the entire string.
</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: Your code should fix the quotes around the <code>href</code> value "#Home" by either changing or escaping them.
    testString: assert(code.match(/<a href=\s*?('|\\")#Home\1\s*?>/g));
  - text: Your code should keep the double quotes around the entire string.
    testString: assert(code.match(/"<p>.*?<\/p>";/g));

```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>

<div id='js-seed'>

```js
let innerHtml = "<p>Click here to <a href="#Home">return home</a></p>";
console.log(innerHtml);
```

</div>



</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>

```js
let innerHtml = "<p>Click here to <a href=\"#Home\">return home</a></p>";
console.log(innerHtml);
```

</section>