name = name.Replace(ControlChars.DblQuote, "") And BTW, instead of thinking of this as returning a NEW STRING; it's better to think of the REPLACE as a part of the STRING Class associated with the 'name' instance. If it's losing the old value of name that you do not want then simply... Dim aNewString$ = name.Replace(ControlChars.DblQuote, "") More @Wikipedia
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