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diff --git a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc index d521cafe31..e01b6875d4 100644 --- a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc +++ b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc @@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ like a single-quote string (no interpolation or character escaping) while <tt>%Q</tt> behaves as a double-quote string. See Percent Strings below for more discussion of the syntax of percent strings. +Adjacent string literals are automatically concatenated by the interpreter: + + "con" "cat" "en" "at" "ion" #=> "concatenation" + "This string contains "\ + "no newlines." #=> "This string contains no newlines." + +Any combination of adjacent single-quote, double-quote, percent strings will +be concatenated as long as a percent-string is not last. + + %q{a} 'b' "c" #=> "abc" + "a" 'b' %q{c} #=> NameError: uninitialized constant q + === Here Documents If you are writing a large block of text you may use a "here document" or |