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They are terminated by unescaped triple quotes of the same type that initiated the expression. |
They are terminated by unescaped triple quotes of the same type that initiated the expression. |
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They are generally used for "doc strings" and other multi-line string expressions --- and are useful for "commenting out" blocks of code. |
They are generally used for "doc strings" and other multi-line string expressions --- and are useful for "commenting out" blocks of code. |
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=={{header|Quackery}}== |
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A character literal is denoted by the word <code>char</code>. The character is the first non-whitespace character following <code>char</code>. |
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A string literal is denoted by the word <code>$</code>. The string is delimited by the first non-whitespace character following <code>$</code>. |
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Character and string literals illustrated in the Quackery shell (REPL). |
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<pre>O> char X emit |
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... char Y emit |
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... char Z emit cr |
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... $ "This is a 'string'." echo$ cr |
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... $ 'This is a "string" too.' echo$ cr |
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... $ ~This is one with "quotes" and 'apostrophes'.~ echo$ cr |
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... $ \Any non-whitespace character can be the delimiter.\ echo$ cr |
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... |
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XYZ |
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This is a 'string'. |
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This is a "string" too. |
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This is one with "quotes" and 'apostrophes'. |
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Any non-whitespace character can be the delimiter. |
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</pre> |
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=={{header|R}}== |
=={{header|R}}== |
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