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'Single Quote'

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'Single Quote'

Initiates or terminates a string (variables not expanded)

Description

Single quote is used to initiate and terminate strict strings where variables cannot be expanded.

Commands can also be quoted using single quotes (eg where a command might contain a space character in it's name)

Examples

» set example='World!'

» out 'Hello $example'
Hello $example

Detail

Quotes can also work over multiple lines

» out 'foo
» bar'
foo
bar

See Also


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