RubyPulse Episode 0.33 - ruby shortcuts - strings

There's a few useful shorthand ways to create certain objects in Ruby, ... - Caius

irb:01:0> "string"
=> "string"
irb:02:0> %(string)
=> "string"
irb:03:0> %[string]
=> "string"
irb:04:0> %{string}
=> "string"
irb:05:0> %+string+
=> "string"
irb:06:0> %#string#
=> "string"
irb:07:0> %#string# "ruby"#
=> "string \"ruby\""
irb:09:0> %[string 3]
=> "string 3"
irb:10:0> %'string 3'
=> "string #{1+2}"
irb:11:0> %q[string 3]
=> "string #{1+2}"
irb:12:0> %Q[string 3]Q
=> "string 3"


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