From: SUGIHARA Hiroshi <manamist@...> (SuHi or SugHimsi)
Date: 2000-09-17T19:33:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:4958] Re: Ruby Book Eng. translation editor's questions

SugHimsi.

This note is only in its detail.

Jon Babcock wrote:

 | Ruby Book, Ch2, 2.14
 (snip)
 | %Q!Hello "World"\n!	# an alternative to "..."
   			  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   			# second form of "..."  <=== and so forth.
 | 				# (no need to escape the quote marks)
 | 
 | %|Hello "World"\n	# the "Q" can be omitted
                   ~~~
   %|Hello "World"\n|	# the "Q" can be omitted
 | 			# (an arbitrary character can be used for seperation)
   			                                            ~~~
   			# (an arbitrary character can be used for separation)
 | 
 | %q{Hello World}		# an alternative to '...'
 | 				# (ends at the matching })
   				                       ~~~
   			# (ends at the matching parenthesis, this case })
 (snip)
 | [[When a string expression begins with % the type of expression is
 | determined by the next character.]]
   [[When a string expression begins  with %, the next character determines
   the type of the expression.]]
 (snip)
 | Next Character		Type of String
 | 
 | Q, or it may be omitted	       Double quotes "..."
   	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Q, or omitted		Double quotes "..."

regards,

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SugHimsi (SUGIHARA Hiroshi)
manamist@white.diamond.ne.jp