From: YANAGAWA Kazuhisa <kjana@...4lab.to>
Date: 2005-07-15T19:44:26+09:00
Subject: Re: multi-line strings with """

In Message-Id: <20050715061147.A28910@cs.mcgill.ca>
Navindra Umanee <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca> writes:

> Why is it that multi-line strings that begin with """ close themselves
> when a single " is encountered?
> 
> irb(main):006:0> """
> irb(main):007:0" This is a multi-line string
> irb(main):008:0" with a "
> => "\nThis is a multi-line string\nwith a "

  1. multiple string literals are concatenated.
  2. There're no multi-line string specific quotations.

In the above case your string is parsed as "" and "\nThis...." in a
sequence.


> Any chance this behavior will change in the next Ruby?  :-)

You can use:

  "mere single double-quotation
for multi-line string"

  str = <<EOS
or use here document
for multi-line string
EOS


-- 
kjana@dm4lab.to                                          July 15, 2005
Dreams come true --- excepting yours.