Dumb double quote question in my SQL.

This maybe a dumb question, but I want the rownum to appear in my query output and not the word 'rownum' - what am I missing. Maybe one too many quotes or missing one somewhere.
select '**''9'',''f21'',''|| rownum - 1 ||''**' from dual;
I want this ==> **'9','f21','1'**
NOT this ==> **'9','f21','|| rownum - 1 ||'**
Cheers
John.

SQL> select '**'||'9'||','||chr(39)||'f21'||chr(39)||','||chr(39)||to_char(rownum-1)||chr(39)||''||'**' from dual
2 /
'**'||'9'||','||CHR(39)||'F21'||CHR(39)||','||CHR(39)|
**9,'f21','0'**But you will always get 0 rownum-1.
Khurram
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