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url: /process-functions/csvwriter-setquotecharacter.md
description: >-
  Set thequote character that theCSV Writerobject uses to write tothe connected
  csv file.
---

# CSVWriter » setQuoteCharacter

Set thequote character that theCSV Writerobject uses to write tothe connected csv file.

```js
csv.setQuoteCharacter(quoteCharacter);
```

#### Parameters

* `quoteCharacter` - String of the character to be used for a quote character.

#### Example

```js
let csv = datasource.csv("example_file.csv");
csv.setQuoteCharacter("\""); 
//alternatively csv.setQuoteCharacter('"');
```

This will set the quote character to a \` (quotation mark).