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---
id: 587d7b84367417b2b2512b37
title: Catch Mixed Usage of Single and Double Quotes
challengeType: 1
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forumTopicId: 301188
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---
## Description
<section id='description'>
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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.
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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:
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```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.';
```
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Of course, it is okay to use only one style of quotes. You can escape the quotes inside the string by using the backslash (\) escape character:
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```js
// Correct use of same quotes:
const allSameQuotes = 'I\'ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn\'t it.';
```
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</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
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tests:
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- text: Your code should fix the quotes around the <code>href</code> value "#Home " by either changing or escaping them.
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testString: assert(code.match(/<a href=\s*?('|\\")#Home \1\s*?>/g));
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- text: Your code should keep the double quotes around the entire string.
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testString: assert(code.match(/"<p>.*?<\/p>";/g));
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```
</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
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let innerHtml = "<p>Click here to <a href=\"#Home \">return home</a></p>";
console.log(innerHtml);
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```
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</section>