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

Difference between single and double quotes in Bash

In Bash, what are the differences between single quotes ('') and double quotes ("")?

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Why shouldn't `'` be used to escape single quotes?

As stated in, When did single quotes in HTML become so popular? and Jquery embedded quote in attribute, the Wikipedia …

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When to use single quotes, double quotes, and backticks in MySQL

I am trying to learn the best way to write queries. I also understand the importance of being consistent. Until …

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How to escape double quotes in a title attribute

I am trying to use a string that contains double quotes in the title attribute of an anchor. So far …

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How to Insert Double or Single Quotes

I have a long list of names that I need to have quotes around (it can be double or single …

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YAML: Do I need quotes for strings in YAML?

I am trying to write a YAML dictionary for internationalisation of a Rails project. I am a little confused though, …

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What is the difference between single and double quotes in SQL?

What is the difference between single quotes and double quotes in SQL?

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How to use an environment variable inside a quoted string in Bash

I've tried various forms of the following in a bash script: #!/bin/bash svn diff $@ --diff-cmd /usr/bin/diff -x "…

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Regex for quoted string with escaping quotes

How do I get the substring " It's big \"problem " using a regular expression? s = ' function(){ return " It\'s big \"…

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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 …

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