"Double Quote"
Less than 1 minute
"Double Quote"
Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
Description
Double quote is used to initiate and terminate strict strings where variables can be expanded.
Commands can also be quoted using double quotes (eg where a command might contain a space character in it's name) however variables cannot be used as part of a command name.
Examples
» set: example="World!"
» out: "Hello $example"
Hello World!
Detail
Quotes can also work over multiple lines
» out "foo
» bar"
foo
bar
See Also
- %(Brace Quote)`: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
- Array (
@
) Token: Expand values as an array - Tilde (
~
) Token: Home directory path variable 'Single Quote'
: Initiates or terminates a string (variables not expanded)(brace quote)
: Write a string to the STDOUT without new line (deprecated)out
: Print a string to the STDOUT with a trailing new line characterset
: Define a local variable and set it's valuestring
(stringing): string (primitive){Curly Brace}
: Initiates or terminates a code block
This document was generated from gen/parser/quotes_doc.yaml.