On May 9, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Somebody please help me uderstand the deal with "qq". I have run tests
>on all three lines of code below and it turns out that #1 and #3 work
>but #2 does not. I am under the impression that "qq" acts as double
>quotes. So why doesn't #2 work isn't it the same as #1? NO COMPRENDE!!!
>> 1. print qq/I said "Help me!!".\n/;
>>
>> 2. print "I said "Help me!!".\n";
>>
>> 3. print "I said /"Help me!!/".\n";
#1 works, but #2 and #3 do not. I think you meant to use \" instead of
/" in #3.
qq() is double-quoted context, but it is a replacement for physical
double-quotes. By using qq//, it's like / is now your quote.
Just like
"he said "hi" to me"
is invalid, so is
qq/he said /hi/ to me/
To get that to work, you'd need to backslash the quoting character:
"he said \"hi\" to me"
qq/he said \/hi\/ to me/
but that should be a sign that you should've chosen a different character.
Using qq(), qq[], qq{}, or qq<> allows you to nest the quotes:
qq(I think (since I'm ill) I won't go to class today.)
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