From: John Feminella <johnf@...>
Date: 2011-02-14T09:48:09+09:00
Subject: Re: What does %q do?

%q{abc} is equivalent to writing "abc". It's most useful when you have
a string literal that contains a lot of characters you'd need to
escape. Compare:

"Gaba Luschi asked the ruby-talk list, \"What does %q do?\""

vs.

%q{Gaba Luschi asked the ruby-talk list, "What does %q do?"}

And note they're equal:

> a = %q{Gaba Luschi asked the ruby-talk list, "What does %q do?"}
> b = "Gaba Luschi asked the ruby-talk list, \"What does %q do?\""

> a == b
 => true

~ jf
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 19:39, Gaba Luschi <friedoysterlover@gmail.com> wrote:
> What does %q do in ruby?
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
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