Quotes – Should you use single or double in Power Apps?

Introduction

There are certain concepts that are very confusing for makers who are just getting started with Power Apps. Out of those, the most common is to figure out when to use single quotes and when to use double.

Tip - Difference in quotes

The difference is as simple as this:

1. Use double quotes to denote a string e.g. if you want a label to read (Hi, I am a label), set the Text property of the label to

   "Hi, I am a label"

2. Use single quotes to denote an identifier that has spaces or special characters e.g. if you want to reference a Dataverse table with a name Team members in a gallery, set the Items property of the gallery to

   'Team members'

That being said, there are a few exceptions to this rule e.g. in the SortByColumns function, you list column names in double quotes. But in the Sort function, you list the same column names in single quotes if they have special characters or spaces in their names. To learn more about these two functions, click here.

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