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  STRING stringxyz = "xyz";
  FORMAT twonewlines = $ll$, threenewpages=$ppp$, fourbackspaces=$bbbb$;
+Note: When only uppercase characters sets are available (eg on computers with only
-The STRING type is actually a union of CHAR and FLEX array of CHAR.
+bits per "byte") the single quote can used to denote a reserved word. eg
- MODE STRING = UNION(CHAR, FLEX[]CHAR);
+ .PR QUOTE .PR
+ []'CHAR' CHARXYZ = "XYZ";
+The STRING type is simply a FLEX array of CHAR.
+ MODE STRING = FLEX[1:0]CHAR;
 ALGOL 68 also has raw strings called BYTES, this type is a fixed width packed array of CHAR.
  BYTES bytesabc = bytes pack("abc");