I want to input a string "a" in a LaTeX document using German (\documentclass[ngerman]{article}), but I do not want "a to be turned into ä; what can I do? (I know \verb works; are there any other solutions?) Thanks!
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4 Answers
\dq a should work. Note also that proper quotation marks would be
"`like this"'
i.e. "quotation backtick" and "quotation apostrophe". (Also see the csquotes package.)
answered Dec 14, 2011 at 17:29
Assuming that you really want the "straight" double quote: The correct command is \textquotedbl but \string" works too and is shorter:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\begin{document}
\string"a\string"
\textquotedbl a\textquotedbl
\end{document}
answered Dec 14, 2011 at 18:08
other answers are appropriate if this is ordinary text. but if you want, for example, to indicate how to type something, you may want to use "typewriter" style, so
\verb+"a"+
should give you a suitable result.
answered Dec 14, 2011 at 19:15
- Maybe it's a good thing if you improve your knowledge about quotation, but
- for the moment simply write
"{}a{}"
answered Dec 14, 2011 at 17:41
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1You assume that they want to quote something which is not stated in the question. Sep 27, 2016 at 9:07
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I'm coming to the party pretty late, but regarding point 1, it might have been nice to include a link to the documentation. Jan 31, 2021 at 10:10