2016 Update

Task/Literals-String/00DESCRIPTION

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+;Task:
 Show literal specification of characters and strings.
-If supported, show how verbatim strings (quotes where escape sequences are quoted literally) and here-strings work.
+
+If supported, show how the following work:
+:*   ''verbatim strings''   (quotes where escape sequences are quoted literally)
+:*   ''here-strings''  
+
+<br>
 Also, discuss which quotes expand variables.
 
-* Related tasks: [[Special characters]], [[Here document]]
+
+;Related tasks:
+* &nbsp; [[Special characters]]
+* &nbsp; [[Here document]]
+<br><br>

Task/Literals-String/Ela/literals-string-1.ela

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+c = 'c'

Task/Literals-String/Ela/literals-string-2.ela

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+str = "Hello, world!"

Task/Literals-String/Ela/literals-string-3.ela

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+c = '\t'
+str = "first line\nsecond line\nthird line"

Task/Literals-String/Ela/literals-string-4.ela

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+vs = <[This is a
+  verbatim string]>

Task/Literals-String/Elena/literals-string.elena

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+   #var c := #65. // character
+   #var s := "some text". // UTF-8 literal
+   #var w := "some wide text". // UTF-16 literal
+   #var s2 := "text with ""quotes"" and "#13#10"two lines".

Task/Literals-String/Fortran/literals-string-1.f

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+      DIMENSION ATWT(12)
+      PRINT 1
+    1 FORMAT (12HElement Name,F9.4)
+      DO 10 I = 1,12
+        READ  1,ATWT(I)
+   10   PRINT 1,ATWT(I)
+      END

Task/Literals-String/Fortran/literals-string-2.f

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+      TEXT = 'That''s right!'            !Only apostrophes as delimiters. Doubling required.
+      TEXT = "That's right!"             !Chose quotes, so that apostrophes may be used freely.
+      TEXT = "He said ""That's right!""" !Give in, and use quotes for a "quoted string" source style.
+      TEXT = 'He said "That''s right!"'  !Though one may dabble in inconsistency.
+      TEXT = 23HHe said "That's right!"  !Some later compilers allowed Hollerith to escape from FORMAT.

Task/Literals-String/Fortran/literals-string-3.f

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+      TEXT = "That's"//CHAR(10)//"right!" !For an ASCII linefeed (or newline) character.