Introduction to Strings

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4.3.1 Introduction to Strings

A string constant consists of a sequence of characters between double quotes (" "). For backward compatibility also single quotes (' ') are allowed, but this syntax is now obsolescent.

Example

  Print "This is a string.";
This is a string.
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  'So is this.'  -- obsolescent
So is this.
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One may not, however, start a string with a single quote and end with a double quote, or vice versa.