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author | usa <usa@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2015-09-16 04:24:31 +0000 |
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committer | usa <usa@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2015-09-16 04:24:31 +0000 |
commit | 35947f6d42705b8f37313a68b03f2f5b846edd6a (patch) | |
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* doc/syntax/literals.rdoc (Strings): mention about ?a literal.
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diff --git a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc index ec37fe3c6d..2dac68b77a 100644 --- a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc +++ b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc @@ -124,6 +124,23 @@ be concatenated as long as a percent-string is not last. %q{a} 'b' "c" #=> "abc" "a" 'b' %q{c} #=> NameError: uninitialized constant q +One more way of writing strings is using <tt>?</tt>: + + ?a #=> "a" + +Basically only one character can be placed after <tt>?</tt>: + + ?abc #=> SyntaxError + +Exceptionally, <tt>\C-</tt>, <tt>\M-</tt> and their combination are allowed +before a character. They means "control", "meta" and "control-meta" +respectively: + + ?\C-a #=> "\x01" + ?\M-a #=> "\xE1" + ?\M-\C-a #=> "\x81" + ?\C-\A-a #=> "\x81", same as above + === Here Documents If you are writing a large block of text you may use a "here document" or |