adding quotes to string

a='name';

how can i get quotes so that i get b

these quotes i am need to add dynamically using strcat

a=''name''

Answer 1

[TAB]

a='name';
a = ['"' a '"'];

[Jan]

These are double quotes.

Answer 2

[Jan]

A quote appears as two quote characters in a string:

a = 'name';
a = strcat('''', a, '''')

Because this might look confusing in the code, especially if you want to insert more quotes, I prefer:

q = char(39);
a = strcat(q, name, q);