Quoting constructs: Difference between revisions

=={{header|Phix}}==

Single quotes are used for single ascii characters, eg 'A'. Multibyte unicode characters are typically held as utf-8 strings.<br>

Double quotes are used for single-line [http://phix.x10.mx/docs/html/strings.htm strings], with backslash interpretation, eg "one\ntwo\nthree\n".<br>

Phix does not support interpolation other than printf-style, eg printf(1,"Hello %s,\nYour account balance is %3.2f\n",{name,balance}).<br>

Back-ticks and triple-quotes are used for multi-line strings, without backslash interpretation, eg

or (entirely equivalent, except the following can contain back-ticks which the above cannot, and vice versa for triple quotes)

Both are also equivalent to the top double-quote one-liner. Note that a single leading '\n' is automatically stripped.<br>

Several builtins such as [http://phix.x10.mx/docs/html/substitute.htm substitute], [http://phix.x10.mx/docs/html/split.htm split], and [http://phix.x10.mx/docs/html/join.htm join] are often used to convert such strings into the required internal form.<br>

Regular expressions are usually enclosed in back-ticks, specifically to avoid backslash interpretation.<br>

You can also declare hexadecimal strings, eg

Literal [http://phix.x10.mx/docs/html/sequences.htm sequences] are represented with curly braces, and can be nested to any depth, eg

<lang Phix>{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19}