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@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ echo "words words words ⚑"
echo """
<html>
<head>
<head/>\n\n
</head>\n\n
<body>
<body/>
<html/> """
</body>
</html> """
proc re(s: string): string = s
@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ words words words ⚑
\b[a-z]++\b
```
There are several things to note about strings:
There are several types of strings literals:
- Quoted Strings: Created by wrapping the body in triple quotes, they never interpret escape codes
- Raw Strings: created by prefixing the string with an `r`. Escape sequences don't work, except for `"`, which can be escaped as `""`
- Proc Strings: raw strings, but the method name that prefixes the string is called
- Proc Strings: raw strings, but the method name that prefixes the string is called
### A note about unicode
Unicode symbols are allowed in strings, but are not treated in any special way, so if you want count glyphs or uppercase unicode symbols, you must use the `unicode` module. However, because all unicode characters are above 127, you can safely pretend you are not using unicode.