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General Delimited Strings


# Create strings is with general delimited strings
# Strings are all preceded by a % and then followed by a matched pair of delimiter characters, such as !, {, or [ (must be nonalphanumeric). 
# The string is embedded between the delimiters. 


comedy = %!this is a test!
history = %[this is a test]
tragedy = %(this is a test)








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1.you don't even have to use single or double quotes to create a string
2.Use %Q! to create a string
3.Use %q to represent single quote
4.Use pairs of delimiters, such as { and } or < and > when quoting
5.you can omit the Q altogether
6.Using quotation marks is only viable for a single line, but if you want to span multiple lines
7.Another way to build up a long string literal is by using a here document
8.double quotes interpret escaped characters and single quotes preserve them.