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Task/Literals-String/ALGOL-W/literals-string.alg

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+begin
+    % String literals are enclosed in double-quotes in Algol W.              %
+    % There isn't a separate character type but strings of lenghth one can   %
+    % be used instead.                                                       %
+    % There are no escaping conventions used in string literals, except that %
+    % in order to have a double-quote character in a string, two double      %
+    % quotes must be used.                                                   %
+    % Examples:                                                              %
+
+    % write a single character                                               %
+    write( "a" );
+
+    % write a double-quote character                                         %
+    write( """" );
+
+    % write a multi-character string - note the "\" is not an escape         %
+    % and a\nb will appear on the output, not a and b on separate lines      %
+    write( "a\nb" );
+
+end.