Not able to have " in the string

[Shailendra Kumar Vikas]

Hi All,
I am trying to generate some HTML code from the velocity code . I need
to build the HTML syntax and keep it in a string . I want to have a
syntax like the following 
    .... href="javascript:tab('a1','a2','a3')" ....
But i am not able to do so because if i put \" in the string than the
string take \" and not " . So '\' does not act as a escape char . Please
suggest me how to build the string which may have " in it .

Thanks in advance,
Shailendra