double quotes interpret escaped characters and single quotes preserve them. : String Quotation « String « Ruby

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Ruby » String » String Quotation   double quotes interpret escaped characters and single quotes preserve them. lear = "K\nA T\nW" puts lear  # And here's what you get with single quotes (preserves \n in context): lear = 'K\nA\nW' puts lear    Related examples in the same category 1.  General Delimited Strings 2.  you don't even have to use single or double quotes to create a string 3.  Use %Q! to create a string 4.  Use %q to represent single quote 5.  Use pairs of delimiters, such as { and } or < and > when quoting 6.  you can omit the Q altogether 7.  Using quotation marks is only viable for a single line, but if you want to span multiple lines 8.  Another way to build up a long string literal is by using a here document

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