ShowStringCharacters
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ShowStringCharacters
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.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
By default, quotation marks are shown around strings in input cells, but not in output cells:
In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0g7c54w25v2-f424of
Out[1]=1
Create a cell in "Output" style but with quotation marks showing:
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0g7c54w25v2-jez80u
Out[2]=2
Show a grid of characters without quotation marks:
In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0g7c54w25v2-el8q64
Wolfram Research (1996), ShowStringCharacters, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html.
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Wolfram Research (1996), ShowStringCharacters, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html.Text
Wolfram Research (1996), ShowStringCharacters, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html.
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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.
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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
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Wolfram Language. (1996). ShowStringCharacters. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.htmlBibTeX
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_showstringcharacters, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShowStringCharacters}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html}", note=[Accessed: 27-May-2025
]}BibLaTeX
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_showstringcharacters, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShowStringCharacters}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html}, note=[Accessed: 27-May-2025
]}