From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2001-02-09T09:20:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10612] Re: Are """ here documents here to stay? :-)

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Robert Feldt wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, ts wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> "R" == Robert Feldt <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> writes:
> > 
> > R> I haven't found any docs on """ here documents
> > 
> >  Well, this is the syntax for string, you have just written
> > 
> > pigeon% ruby -v -e 'puts "" "abc" "def" ""'
> > ruby 1.6.2 (2000-12-25) [i686-linux]
> > abcdef
> > pigeon% 
> > 
> puts """
>   Ok, Guy but this sure looks very much
>   like what you can acheive with here documents!
>   """
> 
> puts <<-HERE
>   Dont, you agree or am I missing something?
>   HERE


puts "

   But isn't what you're doing also achieved by using
   one set of double quotes?  

"


David

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