Escape Character Question

[Cadellin]

Firstly I would like to say I'm not a coder. I'm slowly picking things up but I would greatly appreciate a helping hand on this simple line of code.

<if condition="$kname=='Closed (No Response)'">
	<tr class="k_confirmed">
<else />
	<tr class="alt4">
</if>

Could someone explain where I should put the escape character into this condition? I've searched around but nothing I've tried works.

Alternatively I could use this:

<if condition="$vbug_statusid==2">

However this doesn't work even though I know "vbug_statusid" is used elsewhere in the code and it tallys up with the database field name.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.