Re: String Literals, take 3

[email protected] (Andrew Wilson) Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:01:37 +0000
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On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:46:25PM +0000, Andrew Wilson wrote:
>        Non-Interpolating constructs are strings in which expressions do
>        not interpolate or expand. The exception to this rule is the
>        backslash character C<\>. A single backslash which is followed by
>        another backslash, the current quoting delimiter, or the
>        characters q[ or q[[ is special (more on this below). In all
>        other cases the backslash just means "literal backslash". This is
>        so that you can easily get a backslash within your
>        non-interpolating strings. For instance, 'backslash (\\) \test'
>        becomes "backslash (\) \test".

s/ single//

Doh!

but obviously only if you decide to use this rather than the first
suggestion.

andrew
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