# Quotes

Quotes is a file specifier for the LOAD statement that defines whether quotes can be used and the precedence between quotes and separators. For text files only.

Syntax:

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/ScriptSpecifiers/quotes.htm)[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/ScriptSpecifiers/quotes.htm)no quotes

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/ScriptSpecifiers/quotes.htm)[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/ScriptSpecifiers/quotes.htm)msq

If the specifier is omitted, standard quoting is used, that is, the quotes " " or ' ' can be used, but only if they are the first and last non blank character of a field value.

Arguments:

Quotes arguments

| Argument | Description |
| --- | --- |
| no quotes | Used if quotation marks are not to be accepted in a text file. |
| msq | Used to specify modern style quoting, allowing multi-line content in fields. Fields containing end-of-line characters must be enclosed within double quotes.<br><br>One limitation of the msq option is that single double-quote (") characters appearing as first or last character in field content will be interpreted as start or end of multi-line content, which may lead to unpredicted results in the data set loaded. In this case you should use standard quoting instead, omitting the specifier. |

## Learn more

* [Using quotation marks in the script](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/September2026/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/use-quotes-in-script.htm)
* [Load](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/September2026/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/ScriptRegularStatements/Load.htm)
* [Script regular statements](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/September2026/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/ScriptRegularStatements/script-regular-statements.htm)
* [Example - Multi-line content](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/September2026/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Scripting/inline-loads-qv.htm#ExMultLine)