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String Quotation « String « Ruby
Ruby
String
String Quotation
1.
General Delimited Strings
2.
you don't even have to use single or double quotes to create a string
3.
Use %Q! to create a string
4.
Use %q to represent single quote
5.
Use pairs of delimiters, such as { and } or < and > when quoting
6.
you can omit the Q altogether
7.
Using quotation marks is only viable for a single line, but if you want to span multiple lines
8.
Another way to build up a long string literal is by using a here document
9.
double quotes interpret escaped characters and single quotes preserve them.