From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2007-09-22T20:15:44+09:00
Subject: Re: %w| a b c|   %w_a b c_   %w<a b c> all work

Hi --

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007, SpringFlowers AutumnMoon wrote:

> %w|a b c|
>
> %w_a b c_
>
> %w<a b c>
>
> all work
> is there an official doc or book that says so?
>
> seems like the first character that after "%w" can be used as a
> delimiter.

Pretty much, though some characters won't work. My favorite % trick
is:

   ruby -e 'p %q abc '
   "abc"

:-)


David

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