# How do I encase text from a column in quotes?
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**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-do-i-encase-text-from-a-column-in-quotes/864 "2020-07-29T13:42:30Z")
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### Author:  [@Luke1](https://community.parabola.io/u/Luke1)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-do-i-encase-text-from-a-column-in-quotes/864/1 "2020-07-29T13:42:30Z")
I am successfully pulling data from the ActiveCampaign API.
The final step is a dedupe. This finds duplicates and combines data into a new column with a comma delimeter.
However, I need to do one more thing and encase each piece of data (that is separated by the comma) into quotes.
e.g. so instead of Column 3 = apples, pears, oranges
I want it to be like this: Column 3 = “apples”, “pears”, “oranges”
Is this possible with Parabola, if so could you point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@anon36387498](https://community.parabola.io/u/anon36387498)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-do-i-encase-text-from-a-column-in-quotes/864/2 "2020-07-29T16:45:46Z")
Hi @Luke1 ,
Yes, this is possible with Parabola. Before you dedupe and merge, try adding the `Insert Column` step for adding a new column with quotes around the value.
Then use that new column in your dedupe step (this step is now named ‘Remove Duplicate Rows’) to get a comma separated list where your values are wrapped in quotes. Let me know how that goes!
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### Author:  [@Luke1](https://community.parabola.io/u/Luke1)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-do-i-encase-text-from-a-column-in-quotes/864/3 "2020-07-29T17:22:34Z")
awesome, that was super easy, took less than a minute. Thanks so much! 😉