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Ruby Ruby Foundations Strings Creating a String

Jean Bae
Jean Bae
2,276 Points
Posted by Jean Bae
Jean Bae
2,276 Points

I'm confused by explanation of %{sting} vs %q{string} ... could this be clarified and with perhaps another example?

I couldn't tell from the video what exactly the functionality of each was and the distinction.

2 Answers

avremel
avremel
8,448 Points

http://simpleror.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/q-q-w-w-x-r-s/

Jean Bae
Jean Bae
2,276 Points
Jean Bae
Jean Bae
2,276 Points

I found this explanation of the %q and %Q convention online. This is more clear, and I think the video might be update to better reflect?

%{Ruby is fun.} equivalent to "Ruby is fun."

%Q{ Ruby is fun. } equivalent to " Ruby is fun. "

%q[Ruby is fun.] equivalent to a single-quoted string

%x!ls! equivalent to back tick command output ls