# Asterisk Project : Parameter Quoting

Added by mdavenport , edited by mdavenport on Aug 31, 2010

    exten => s,5,BackGround,blabla

The parameter (blabla) can be quoted ("blabla"). In this case, a comma does not terminate the field. However, the double quotes will be passed down to the Background command, in this example.

Also, characters special to variable substitution, expression evaluation, etc (see below), can be quoted. For example, to literally use a $ on the string "$1231", quote it with a preceding
. Special characters that must be quoted to be used, are [ ] $ " \. (to write \itself, use a backslash. ).

These Double quotes and escapes are evaluated at the level of the asterisk config file parser.

Double quotes can also be used inside expressions, as discussed below.