Escaping Ruby Strings

The Rules

1. If possible, use single quotes (')

2. If you have a single line that needs interpolation, without inline double quotes, do the following:

"#{name} says, 'Hey!'"

3. If you have multiple lines use %[ <MUILTI_LINE_INTERPOLATION> ]


Note that %[ ] handles interpolation.

Example

name = 'Bob'

msg = %[#{name} says, "Hey!
What's up?"]

>> puts msg
Bob says: "Hey!
What's up?"

References

Don't escape in Strings





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