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I'm trying to make a sign that you can right click and it will clear cacti from your inventory, then give you 18 cookies named "$100 Cookie" with the lore "$100". But when I put it in a command block and power it, the command block says this:

[04:23:51] Data tag parsing failed: Unexpected token $ at: $100 Cookie\\",Lore:[$100]}}\"}}",Text3:"{\"text\":\"iIiIiIi\",\"color\":\"light_purple\",\"strikethrough\":true,\"obfuscated\":true}",Text4:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true}"

The command I'm using is:

give @p sign 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{Text1:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true,\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"clear @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] cactus 0 2304\"}}",Text2:"{\"text\":\"2304 Cacti\",\"color\":\"red\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"give @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] minecraft:cookie 18 0 {display:{Name:\"$100 Cookie\",Lore:[$100]}}\"}}",Text3:"{\"text\":\"iIiIiIi\",\"color\":\"light_purple\",\"strikethrough\":true,\"obfuscated\":true}",Text4:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true}"},display:{Name:"Custom Sign"}}

What's wrong with this command? I've tried backslashes and stuff. Can you please try to fix the command and test out your potential fix in-game? Thank you!

You'll have to change the [name=rainbowlack,r=3] parts to whatever your username is (example: [name=playerplayer123,r=3]).

Related: Why are my quotation marks causing an “unexpected token” error with this command?

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    The current duplicate target on this question only covers the first level of escaping. This question is about the second level of escaping, and a question on the first level of escaping will not help them to solve this problem. I'm voting to reopen this question for that reason. If you disagree, please reply.
    – ExpertCoder14 - RETIRED
    Dec 20, 2020 at 3:37

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You need to add more escape characters to deeper-nested quotation marks. You open the Text1 tag with a ", thus the very next " character closes it. You open the value tag for the click event with \", meaning the next \" you use will close it, which occurs in your nested /give command's NBT data (specifically just after the Name tag). That it what's causing your issue.

The formula to determine the number of backslashes required is: 2n+1, where n is the number of current backslashes. For the nested NBT data, you need 3 backslashes per quotation mark (\\\").

Fixed command:

/give @p sign 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{Text1:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true,\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"clear @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] cactus 0 2304\"}}",Text2:"{\"text\":\"2304 Cacti\",\"color\":\"red\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"give @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] minecraft:cookie 18 0 {display:{Name:\\\"$100 Cookie\\\",Lore:[$100]}}\"}}",Text3:"{\"text\":\"iIiIiIi\",\"color\":\"light_purple\",\"strikethrough\":true,\"obfuscated\":true}",Text4:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true}"},display:{Name:"Custom Sign"}}
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Place backslashes in front of the $ symbols. If the rest of the command is correct, this should work:

/give @p sign 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{Text1:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true,\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"clear @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] cactus 0 2304\"}}",Text2:"{\"text\":\"2304 Cacti\",\"color\":\"red\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"give @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] minecraft:cookie 18 0 {display:{Name:\"\$100 Cookie\",Lore:[\$100]}}\"}}",Text3:"{\"text\":\"iIiIiIi\",\"color\":\"light_purple\",\"strikethrough\":true,\"obfuscated\":true}",Text4:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true}"},display:{Name:"Custom Sign"}}

Also, including the username shouldn't be necessary as far as I can tell. Why not:

/give @p sign 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{Text1:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true,\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"clear @p cactus 0 2304\"}}",Text2:"{\"text\":\"2304 Cacti\",\"color\":\"red\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"give @p minecraft:cookie 18 0 {display:{Name:\"\$100 Cookie\",Lore:[\$100]}}\"}}",Text3:"{\"text\":\"iIiIiIi\",\"color\":\"light_purple\",\"strikethrough\":true,\"obfuscated\":true}",Text4:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true}"},display:{Name:"Custom Sign"}}
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  • The sign is visible, but the 2nd row says {"text":"2304 and doesn't give me the cookies!
    – rainbowlack
    Nov 5, 2016 at 3:52
  • What is the desired output of the 2nd line?
    – Aaron Franke
    Nov 5, 2016 at 4:02
  • I want it to say "2304 Cacti" in red and for it to give me 18 cookies with the name "$100 Cookie" and lore "$100"
    – rainbowlack
    Nov 5, 2016 at 4:06
  • Dollar signs do not require escaping and will not fix the issue.
    – Skylinerw
    Nov 5, 2016 at 5:00
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    Then why does @rainbowlack receive this error, which is fixed (or at least the command block accepts it) when adding escape characters? The evidence doesn't support your statement. I feel sad that people downvote me for providing a valid answer (regarldess of the fact that a 2nd problem appeared when this was fixed).
    – Aaron Franke
    Nov 5, 2016 at 5:09

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