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Computer programming languages' facility for embedding text in source code, also known as String literals

In plain English: String literals can be enclosed in matching single quotes (') or double quotes (").

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How to remove extra indentation of Python triple quoted multi-line strings?

I have a python editor where the user is entering a script or code, which is then put into a main method behind the scenes, while also having every line indented. The problem is that if a user has a multi line string, the indentation made to the…
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How does the leading dollar sign affect single quotes in Bash?

I need to pass a string to a program as its argument from the Bash CLI, e.g program "don't do this" The string may include any character like '$', '\', etc. and I don't want Bash to do any modification. So I think about using single quotes. However…
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bash regex with quotes?

The following code number=1 if [[ $number =~ [0-9] ]] then echo matched fi works. If I try to use quotes in the regex, however, it stops: number=1 if [[ $number =~ "[0-9]" ]] then echo matched fi I tried "\[0-9\]", too. What am I…
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Escaping Strings in JavaScript

Does JavaScript have a built-in function like PHP's addslashes (or addcslashes) function to add backslashes to characters that need escaping in a string? For example, this: This is a demo string with 'single-quotes' and "double-quotes". ...would…
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Dealing with quotes in Windows batch scripts

In a Windows batch file, when you do the following: set myvar="c:\my music & videos" the variable myvar is stored with the quotes included. Honestly I find that very stupid. The quotes are just to tell where the string begins and ends, not to be…
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Regex to match all instances not inside quotes

From this q/a, I deduced that matching all instances of a given regex not inside quotes, is impossible. That is, it can't match escaped quotes (ex: "this whole \"match\" should be taken"). If there is a way to do it that I don't know about, that…
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Is there any difference between "string" and 'string' in Python?

In PHP, a string enclosed in "double quotes" will be parsed for variables to replace whereas a string enclosed in 'single quotes' will not. In Python, does this also apply?
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What is the use case for Ruby's %q / %Q quoting methods?

I've been reading through Thomas' Programming Ruby 1.9 and came upon the alternative delimited single and double-quoting methods (%q / %Q). I've known of them from other Ruby language references as well. %q/I'm acting like a single-quoted…
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Why doesn't Python give any error when quotes around a string do not match?

I've started learning Python recently and I don't understand why Python behaves like this: >>> "OK" 'OK' >>> """OK""" 'OK' >>> "not Ok' File "", line 1 "not Ok' ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal >>> "not…
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Remove quotes from a character vector in R

Suppose you have a character vector: char <- c("one", "two", "three") When you make reference to an index value, you get the following: > char[1] [1] "one" How can you strip off the quote marks from the return value to get the following? [1] one
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How do I remove quotes from a string?

$string = "my text has \"double quotes\" and 'single quotes'"; How to remove all types of quotes (different languages) from $string?
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Regex to split a CSV

I know this (or similar) has been asked many times but having tried out numerous possibilities I've not been able to find a a regex that works 100%. I've got a CSV file and I'm trying to split it into an array, but encountering two problems: quoted…
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Write CSV To File Without Enclosures In PHP

Is there a native function or solid class/library for writing an array as a line in a CSV file without enclosures? fputcsv will default to " if nothing is passed in for the enclosure param. Google is failing me (returning results for a whole bunch…
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Having trouble escaping quotes and braces

I am trying to execute the following line in Command Prompt: curl -X POST -d '{ "method" : "account_info", "params" : [ { "account" : "rHb9CJAWyB4rj91VRWn96DkukG4bwdtyTh"} ] }' http://s1.ripple.com:51234 However, I get the following: curl: (6)…
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MacOSX: how to disable accented characters input

I'm using Eclipse Juno on MacOSX Lion and have an issue with typing. I often print one quote/apostrophe and move the caret. But in this Mac version of Eclipse the quote as I type is highlighted by orange marker (it seems like Mac smart quotes…
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