From: Neville Franks <subs@...>
Date: 2007-02-08T08:44:46+09:00
Subject: Wanting clarification for string delimiters

 %q, %Q, %w, %r, %x all begin a string which terminates with the
character that matches the character after %q etc. eg. %q[blah] %q/blah/

But what are the rules for %SomeChar. eg %(blah) works as does %/blah/
and %+blah+

However %AblahA doesn't, nor does %1blah1. Does this mean the delimiter
following % must be a punctuation character? Other than the predefined
%q etc. listed above of course.

http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html states:
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In all of the %() cases below, you may use any matching characters or
any single character for delimiters. %[], %!!, %@@, etc.

'no interpolation'
"#{interpolation}, and backslashes\n"
%q(no interpolation)
%Q(interpolation and backslashes)
%(interpolation and backslashes)
`echo command interpretation with interpolation and backslashes`
%x(echo command interpretation with interpolation and backslashes)

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This says "any single character" etc. which isn't correct in my testing.

This is for the continuing work I'm doing on adding Ruby syntax to our
IDE ED4W.

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Neville Franks, http://www.getsoft.com http://www.surfulater.com

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